English language, grammar English language, punctuation English language, usage
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A guide to mastering practical English skills. It offers guidance through the grammar, punctuation, and usage skills needed for success in college and beyond. It includes sections that provide essential instructions followed by ample activities to encourage learning in the best possible way: by doing
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Preface to the Instructor Introduction About the Book Becoming a Better Writer Writing Assignments Part One -- Fifteen Basic Skills Preview 1 -- Parts of Speech 2 -- Subjects and Verbs 3 -- Irregular Verbs 4 -- Subject-Verb Agreement 5 -- Sentence Types 6 -- Fragments I 7 -- Fragments II 8 -- Run-Ons and Comma Splices I 9 -- Run-Ons and Comma Splices II 10 -- The Comma 11 -- The Apostrophe 12 -- Quotation Marks 13 -- Homonyms 14 -- Capital Letters 15 -- Parallelism Part Two -- Extending the Skills Preview 16 -- Preparing a Paper 17 -- Punctuation Marks 18 -- Pronoun Forms 19 -- Pronoun Problems 20 -- Adjectives and Adverbs 21 -- Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 22 -- Word Choice 23 -- Numbers and Abbreviations 24 -- More about Subjects and Verbs 25 -- More about Subject-Verb Agreement 26 -- More about Verbs 27 -- Even More about Verbs 28 -- More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices 29 -- More about Commas 30 -- More about Apostrophes 31 -- More about Quotation Marks 32 -- More about Homonyms 33 -- More about Capital Letters Part Three -- Proofreading Preview 34 -- Basics about Proofreading 35 -- Ten Proofreading Tests Part Four -- Related Matters Preview 36 -- Spelling Improvement 37 -- Dictionary Use Index
