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Brilliant Writing Tips for Students

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Brilliant Writing Tips for Students is a must-have for anyone who needs help improving their academic writing. Packed with top tips on grammar, structure, and style, this handy guide provides succinct and practical guidance on students' most common writing concerns. Each tip is accompanied by authentic... Read More
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Brilliant Writing Tips for Students is a must-have for anyone who needs help improving their academic writing.

Packed with top tips on grammar, structure, and style, this handy guide provides succinct and practical guidance on students' most common writing concerns. Each tip is accompanied by authentic examples of student writing, suggested rewrites, and useful exercises.

Lively illustrations help students to understand and remember essential principles of grammar and punctuation, and end-of-chapter checklists assist them in developing effective proofreading skills. The second edition has been restructured for easier navigation and includes updated examples and new illustrations.

This compact and concise book is indispensable for students of all levels and serves as a valuable resource for teachers needing no-nonsense explanations of key punctuation and grammar points.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350439573

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 January 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 100.0mm

Height: 130.0mm

Weight: 80g

Pages: 120

About the Author

Julia Copus is an Advisory Fellow for the Royal Literary Fund, UK, an Honorary Fellow of Exeter University, UK and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK. She has published four collections of poetry, including The World's Two Smallest Humans (2012), shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Costa Poetry Award, and Girlhood (2019).

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