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PART I. STRUCTURE: -- The Sentence: A Definition -- Types of Sentences and Non-Sentences: Sentence or Fragment? -- Noun and Pronoun Identification: Types and Functions -- Verb Identification: Action and Being -- The Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs -- Identifying the Connectors: Prepositions and Conjunctions -- Interjections, Relative Pronouns, Conjunctive Adverbs, and Possessive Nouns -- Clauses, Run-ons, and Fragments: Sentences or Not? -- How the Phrases Fit: Prepositional, Participial, and Infinitive Phrases -- Structure Review -- PART II. PUNCTUATION -- End Punctuation: Period, Question Mark, and Exclamation Point -- Major Clause Connectors: Colon, Semicolon, and Dash -- Commas with And -- Introductory Commas -- Commas Around Interruptions: Drop Your Voice and Listen -- Miscellaneous Commas: Commas that Clarify -- Miscellaneous Punctuation -- Capitalization: The Most Useful Rules -- Numbers and Abbreviations: Social Use and Business Use -- Punctuation Review: Rules and Tests -- PART III. USAGE -- Singular and Plural Nouns: Person, Place, Thing, or Idea -- Collective Nouns: Naming Groups -- Possessive Nouns: Shortcuts for Ownership -- Pronouns-Common Usage and Agreement -- Pronouns-Complex Usage: Improving Your Ear -- Verbs-Common Usage: Agreement of Regular Verbs -- Verbs-Complex Usage: Review and Agreement of Irregular Verbs -- The Subject-Predicate Puzzle: Agreement -- Adjective and Adverb Usage: The Modifying Words and Phrases -- Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Parallelism: Ways to Put Things Together -- Appendix A: Grammar Summary: Glossary of Terms -- Appendix B: Spelling and Pronunciation: Rules and Lists -- Review of Basic Spelling and Pronunciation Rules -- Lists of 250 Commonly Misspelled Words with Memory Pegs -- Appendix C: Homonyms and Pseudohomonyms -- Appendix D: Prefixes and Suffixes; Word Division -- Appendix E: Recommended References; Proofreading Symbols -- Reference Sources Proofreading Methods and Symbols. |
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