Writing well is a skill that comes with much practice. Exceptional authors connect with their audience in a way that appears effortless, but is based upon foundational concepts and rules that many can put into practice. With this collection, writers will learn from celebrated practitioners, editors, and lexographers who have shaped and defined modern English grammar. Set your writing apart by writing passionately, academically, to inform, to convince, or to critique. This collection of cherished reference works helps established writers, editors, and students alike write like the greats and better understand what makes them so effective.

Ever have a familiar quote or maxim on your mind, but don’t know where it came from? With Stoke’s Encyclopedia, you’ll be able to search for any familiar quote and find the very page number of the book it originally appeared in. Further, these quotations are catalogued by topic, so if you’re looking for an illustration on marriage, death, or money, you’ll have an instant treasury of quotations. Who first said, “Marriages are made in Heaven”? Who said, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”? With ...