That or Which, and Why: A Usage Guide for Thoughtful Writers and Editors

ISBN-13: 9780415977258 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 184 str.

Evan Jenkins

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That or Which, and Why is an insightful and witty guide to writing. Based on Evan Jenkins's long-running column 'Language Corner' in Columbia Journalism Review, the book is compiled of brief, alphabetically arranged entries on approximately 200 major writing stumbling blocks, from the wonderful world of 'that' and 'which' to trickier terrain like the correct usage of common idiomatic expressions.

Working from his experiences as a newsroom editor and teacher, Jenkins' humorous tone puts the reader at ease, unlike many of the writing and usage guides out there that are off-putting in their rigidity and dogmatism. He takes the 'we're-all-in-this-together' approach to teaching better writing - maintaining a light tone throughout the book and emphasizing flexibility and easy-to-use guidelines rather than delivering orders from Grammar-on-high.

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A vs. An; A Historic, etc. ,,Adverb Placement, Adverse/Averse , Adviser/Advisor; Historic/Historical , Affect/Effect, Allude/Refer, Along With, Alternate/Alternative, Antecedents, ‘As Such’ (Transition), Assure/Ensure/Insure, As, Then As, As vs. So, As Well As, Too (Starting Sentence), AttorneyS General, etc. , The Authorities, Award/Reward, Awhile/A While, Bacterium/Bacteria, (Feel) Bad/Badly, Baited/Bated (Breath), ‘Because’ and ‘Since’, Beg the Question, Beside/BesideS, Between/Among, ‘Between...and,’ Not ‘Between...to’, Between the Cracks, Bid, Bid, Bade, ‘Big of a’, Borne Out, With an ‘E’, Both, Brackets, Broadcast, the Verb , Cardinal/Ordinal Numbers, Cast, the Verb , Center Around/On, Chair/Chairperson, Cohort, ‘Collective’, Collective Nouns, Compare To/With, Comprise, Could/Couldn’t Care Less, Criterion/Criteria; Phenomenon/Phenomena, Danglers, Decimate, Declined TO Comment, Defining Clause — See That vs. Which, ‘Democratic,’ the Adjective, Difference/Differential, Different From/Than, Double Possessive I, Double Possessive II, Drag/’Drug’, Due To, Each Other/One Another, Eke,, Elegant Variation; Echo Enormity, Evoke/Invoke; Precipitate/Precipitous, Facility, False Titles, Farther/Further , Feud, Fewer/Less , Five Times Below, 160% Less, etc., Flaunt/Flout , Fondle, Forbid — Make the past tense forbade. ‘Former Native’ , Fortuitous , ‘From Whence’ — See Whence, Fulsome; Problematic, Fused Participle; ‘Off Of’ , Gantlet/Gauntlet; Stanch/Staunch, Gerrymander/Jerry-Built/Jury-Rigged , Gibe/Jibe, Gild/Paint the Lily, (I Am) Good / (I Am) Well, ‘Graduated College’, Graffito/Graffiti, Hand Down/Hand Up , Hanged/Hung, Have to/Got to, Head/Head Up , Heart-Rending/Heart-Wrenching, He or She, etc., Hold [Down] the Fort, Home/Hone, Honored in the Breach, ‘Human Race’ — See Oddities, Hyphens, ‘If Not’Impact, the Verb, Implement, Imply/Infer,Important/Importantly,Incidence/Incident/Instance,Individuals/People/Persons,In Line/On Line, Online, ‘In Order To’ ,In, Up and On, Irrelevant (NOT ‘Irrevelant’), ‘Issues’, Late, as in Dead, Lend/Loan, Lie, Lay, and All That, ‘Lightening’; ‘Forecasted’, Like/Such As, Like, With a Clause, Lion’s Share, Literally, Loath/Loathe, Located/Situated, Masterful/Masterly, May/Might, ‘Media,’ Plural, Me, Myself (Reflexive Pronouns), Mondegreen, Monies, More Than/Over, Myriad, Namesake, Near Miss’, Neither None, Plural Normalcy, Notoriety, Oddities, ‘Older Than Him’; ‘To She and I’, One Of/Among With Plural Verb, ‘One of the Only’, ‘Only,’ Placement Of, Oral/Verbal, Orient/Orientate, Partake/Participate/Take Part, People/Persons – See Individuals/People/Persons, Per , ‘Pleaded Guilty’, Pole/Post Position, Police, The Possessive Nouns with Pronouns, Preposition Ending Sentence, Prior to/Before, Rage/Wage, Ravage/Ravish, Raveled Sleave, With an ‘A’, A Reader’s Potpourri, The Reason Is That, Rebut/Refute, Reference as a Verb, Regard/Regards, Reluctant/Reticent, Remunerate/Renumerate, Replete, Resonate , Reverend, Sequence of Tenses, Series: Changing Numbers, Series, Run-On, Serve/Service, Singular Noun, Plural Pronoun, Sleight/Slight of Hand, ‘Snuck’ , Split Infinitive, Straighten/Straiten, Suspect/Suspected (adj.) Swatch/Swath, Tautology, ‘That Of,’ Omitted, That vs. Which, ‘They Each’ , Till/Until , Tons Was, Tortuous/Torturous, ‘To She and I’ – See ‘Older Than Him’ , To...To, Toward(s), Troopers/Troupers, Try And/Try To, Unique, Use/Usage Wangle/Wrangle Weapon(s) Inspector ‘Well,’ the Adjective, Whence, Where...at, Wherefore, Whether (or not), Who/Whom, Whose/Of Which, ‘Woof Down’, You, Understood

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Evan Jenkins writes the "Language Corner" column of the Columbia Journalism Review. and is a consulting editor of CJR. He was editor in residence at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism; senior editor, Columbia Journalism Review; senior editor, The Racing Times; deputy news editor; The New York Times; chief copy editor, Newsday, and a reporter and copy editor at the Worcester Telegram in Massachusetts.