This concise, supplemental text helps students understand the intricacies of grammar in order to improve their writing skills. A variety of well-known literary quotes and excerpts contextualize grammar principles and are accompanied by a range of simple to complex writing exercises. The author
uses the method of first breaking down the quotation into its grammatical elements, and then rebuilding it to examine how the elements and devices create or enhance meaning, demonstrating how the featured writer has used a sophisticated knowledge of language to communicate effectively. Innovative
and engaging, Writing with Style: Grammar in Context is an indispensable grammar guide for any course with a writing component.

Heather Pyrcz has published three collections of poetry, Town Limits (1997), Nights on Prospect Street (1999) and Viaticum (2002). In 2001, CBC Radio commissioned her to write two poems for its classical music program "Take Five." Pyrcz lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, where she teaches part-time in the Department of English at Acadia University.

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"Writing with Style is a carefully structured, clear, and accessible discussion of a number of important elements of English grammar. The illustrations from works of literature work very well as examples."

--Dr. Craig Monk, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Lethbridge

"The text's interactivity (i.e. its emphasis on practical, written responses to the material it presents) forces both the instructor and the student to use the text actively rather than passively."

--Professor James Parsons, Department of English, University of Ottawa