Acknowledgments This book is based on The Oxford Guide to Writing:A Rhet- oric and Handbook for College Students,and thanks are due once more to those who contributed to that book:my friend and colleague Leonard J.Peters;Professors Miriam Baker of Dowling College,David Hamilton of the University of lowa, Robert Lyons and Sandra Schor of Queens College of the City University of New York,and Joseph Trimmer of Ball State University,all of whom read the manuscript and con- tributed perceptive comments;Ms.Cheryl Kupper,who copyedited that text with great thoroughness and care;and John W.Wright,my editor at the Oxford University Press. For the present edition I am again grateful to Professor Leonard J.Peters and to John W.Wright.In addition I wish to thank William P.Sisler and Joan Bossert,my editors at Oxford University Press,who encouraged,criticized,and im- proved,as good editors do. Kittery Point,Maine T.S.K. December 1987Acknowledgments This book is based on The Oxford Guide to Writing: A Rhet￾oric and Handbook for College Students, and thanks are due once more to those who contributed to that book: my friend and colleague Leonard J. Peters; Professors Miriam Baker of Dowling College, David Hamilton of the University of Iowa, Robert Lyons and Sandra Schor of Queens College of the City University of New York, and Joseph Trimmer of Ball State University, all of whom read the manuscript and con￾tributed perceptive comments; Ms. Cheryl Kupper, who copyedited that text with great thoroughness and care; and John W. Wright, my editor at the Oxford University Press. For the present edition I am again grateful to Professor Leonard J. Peters and to John W. Wright. In addition I wish to thank William P. Sisler and Joan Bossert, my editors at Oxford University Press, who encouraged, criticized, and im￾proved, as good editors do. Kittery Point, Maine T.S.K. December 1987