MWDEU

[Amy West]

Our school uses Hacker as the handbook for students to have for all 4
years for covering questions of punctuation, mechanics, research,
citation, etc. that might arise in any of their classes. There's a
Writing in the Disciplines section which is good and helpful.

MW did produce a Manual for Writers and Editors, which I prefer as it
starts out with the statement that there is often more than 1 way to
punctuate a sentence. But it doesn't necessarily hit our students'
needs to have a quick and handy reference covering MLA, APA, and the
CMS note system all under one cover.

---Amy West

>Date:    Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:59:55 -0500
>From:    Judy Prince <jbalizsprince at GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: MWDEU
>
>Wonderfully clear, succinct recommend, Amy.  I've bitten and ordered.
>
>A question for you and Arnold---the most clear, succinct answer will get a
>reward:  Why do we need to get a Hacker, if she so desperately needs
>"balancing out"?  What, in short, does she have that MWDEU does not?
>
>Best,
>
>Judy

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