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Mango is an easy-to-use, self-paced, online language-learning system. Choose from over 70 languages including English as a second language, Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, and Russian.
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"Exhaustively researched and thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition contains 10,000 new words and senses, over 4,000 dazzling new full-color images, and authoritaive, up-to-date guidance on usage from the celebrated American Heritage Usage Panel. Thousands of definitions have been revised in rapidly changing fields such as astronomy and biology, geographical entries and maps have been completely updated, and the dictionary's signature feature notes...
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The original edition of the most trusted writer's guide to American English, this is the book that generations of writers have relied upon for timeless advice on grammar, diction, syntax, sentence construction, and other writing essentials. In brief and concise terms, author William Strunk, Jr., identifies the principal requirements of proper American English style and concentrates on the most often violated rules of composition. Originally published...
9) Punctuation
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Exclamation points, periods, question marks, and commas--all these are common forms of punctuation, and each has the potential to prove confusing to kids learning grammar. Discover the proper use of punctuation and find out why it's such an important concept to master. The Language Rules! series introduces readers to one of the most difficult things they'll ever have to learn--the English language. Using fun examples, helpful hints, and hilarious...
16) Dwight's flight
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"Dwight the caterpillar is munching on leaves when a gust of wind sends him on a scary, unexpected ride. Can Dwight learn to enjoy his flight?"--
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viii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker doesn't carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of...
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Writers looking for more than elementary synonyms found in a standard thesaurus will find exceptional and thoughtful alternatives in this advanced thesaurus. Neither weird nor arcane, each listed synonym is carefully chosen, defined by a "clarifier", and used in an example from the popular press that demonstrates its contemporary usage.
20) What Abe ate
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"Kate's dog Abe finds things to eat all around the house--even socks and tape! Can Kate make a different kind of treat for Abe?"--
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