| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 151 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Grammar terminology -- Parts of speech -- Sentence roles -- ch. 1. Case -- Nouns -- Pronouns -- Your and You're ; it and it's ; whose and who's -- Who and whom -- Reflexive pronouns -- Case before gerunds -- Quiz on case -- Answers to quiz -- ch. 2. Agreement -- Subject-verb agreement -- Subjects vs. other nouns -- Vague subjects -- Unusual noun forms -- Mass nouns -- Two nouns in subject position -- Noun-pronoun agreement -- Clear nouns - hazy memories -- Singular generic words - avoidance of double pronouns -- Singular nouns representing groups - distracted focus -- Common mass nouns -- Quiz on agreement -- Answers to quiz -- ch. 3. Verb tense and usage -- Present -- Present perfect -- Past perfect -- Confusing verbs -- Troublesome irregular verbs -- Regular verbs with irregular requirements -- Frequently misspelled verbs -- Quiz on tense and usage -- Answers to quiz -- ch. 4. Verb mood -- Indicative mood -- Imperative mood -- Subjunctive mood -- As if and as though -- If -- Wish -- Quiz on mood -- Answers to quiz -- |
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ch. 5. Modifiers -- Compound adjectives -- Adjective phrases -- Phrases beginning with as -- Phrases containing verbals -- Adjective clauses -- Modifier forms -- Only -- Quiz on modifiers -- Answers to quiz -- ch. 6. Connectives -- Prepositions -- Like I said -- Considered as -- Different than -- Fascinated but afraid of -- Something else about which to talk -- Look forward to see, committed to keep, prone to forget, on my way to buy -- Conjunctions -- Coordinating conjunctions -- Subordinating conjunctions -- Correlative conjunctions -- conjunctive adverbs -- Connectives leading to examples or explanations -- Punctuation -- Usage -- Confusing pairs -- If vs. whether -- Then vs. than -- Redundancies -- Etc. after such as -- Nor in the same clause as no or not -- The reason why is because -- Quiz on connectives -- Answers to quiz -- |
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ch.7. Punctuation -- Commas -- Separating items in a series of three or more -- Surrounding an interruption -- Ending an introduction -- Beginning an afterthought or final qualifier -- Semicolons -- Joining two closely related complete thoughts -- Separating items in a series when the items contain commas or are unusually long -- Colons -- Dashes -- Surrounding an interruption -- Leading to an afterthought -- Introducing a specific explanation -- Hyphens -- Parentheses -- Double quotation marks -- Surrounding words spoken or written by someone else -- Surrounding words used as terms -- Surrounding words used sarcastically -- Surrounding titles of chapters or articles -- Single quotation marks -- Apostrophes -- Representing a missing letter within a contraction -- Making a noun possessive -- Making an abbreviation, a letter, or a numeral plural -- Ellipses -- Brackets -- Slashes -- Question marks -- Exclamation points -- Periods -- Quiz on punctuation -- Answer to quiz -- Index. |
| Subject |
English language -- Sentences -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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English language -- Grammar -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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English language -- Errors in usage.
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English language -- Rhetoric.
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| ISBN |
9780393067712 |
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0393067718 |
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