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Random House Webster's Pocket
Bad Speller's Dictionary

This book is just what it says--a dictionary for bad spellers!
  Look up the word the way you think it is spelled.
  English Teacher has given this book as a graduation present on several occasions.  It's small enough to carry around in a backpack.

Patricia T. O'Conner  Hardcover /   1996
Paperback /  1998

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The greatest grammar book English Teacher has found.  Written with humor and in plain language so it's actually easy to understand.

If you're going to buy only one SAT prep book, get this one!  All the writers made 1600's on their SAT's!!

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Up Your Score : The Underground Guide to the Sat (1997-1998)
by Larry Berger (Editor), Michael Colton, Lisa Exler, Manek Mistry (Illustrator)

21st Century Grammar Handbook
Princeton Language Institute, Joseph Holland (Editor)

The Grammatically Correct Handbook : A Lively and Unorthodox Review of Common English,
for the Linguistically Challenged

by Ellie Grossman

Actiongrammar : Fast, No-Hassle Answers on Everyday Usage and Punctuation
by Joanne Feierman

Anguished English :
An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language
Richard R Lederer

21st Century Manual of Style
Barbara Ann, Ph.D. Kipfer, Princeton Language Institute (Editor)

oxford.gif (3731 bytes) The "mother" of all dictionaries.  This one is in a compact format with a magnifying glass and user's guide.  The best of the best!  Over $200, but you still save over $100 by ordering it here!

1001 Pitfalls in English Grammar
by Ruth Parle Craig, Vincent Foster Hopper

Desk Reference Set : New American Roget's College Thesaurus, the New American Webster Handy
College Dictionary, the New American Desk Encyclopedia

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