Overview

Teaches essential writing and proofreading skills for school or the workplace. Taught beginning with basic sentence structure.

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Author:   Michael J Frew
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9780131860667

ISBN 10:   0131860666
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   18 April 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. i GRAMMAR Topics 1- 5 I. SUBJECTS AND VERBS...................................................................................................... 2 Subjects and Verbs n Find the Subject n Find the Verb n Action Verbs Linking Verbs n Prepositional Phrases n Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases II. COMPLETE SENTENCES.................................................................................................. 16 Fragments n Phrases and Clauses n Independent and Dependent Clauses Correcting Fragments n Hints on Proofreading for Fragments III. RUN-ON SENTENCES......................................................................................................... 32 What are Run-on Sentences? n Correcting Run-on Sentences Words that Often Lead to Run-on Sentences IV. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT........................................................................................ 48 Making Subjects and Verbs Agree n Compound Subjects n Verbs Separated from Subjects Pronouns n Indefinite Pronouns n Either...or; Neither...nor n There Sentences V. PRONOUNS............................................................................................................................... 64 Choosing the Right Pronoun n Using Subject Pronouns n Using Object Pronouns Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement n General Nouns n Collective Nouns n Indefinite Pronouns PUNCTUATION Topics 6 - 8 VI. COMMAS................................................................................................................................. 78 Comma Rules 1-3 n Comma Rules 4-6 VII. APOSTROPHES.................................................................................................................... 92 Possessive Apostrophes: Singular Nouns n Possessive Apostrophes: Plural Nouns n Contractions VIII. OTHER PUNCTUATION MARKS.................................................................................... 102 Period n Question Mark n Exclamation Point n Colon n Semicolon n Hyphens n Dashes Parentheses n Quotation Marks MECHANICS Topics 9 - 10 IX. CAPITALIZATION................................................................................................................ 114 Capitalization Rules X. USING NUMBERS IN WRITING....................................................................................... 124 Rules for Expressing Numbers WORDUSAGE Topics 11- 13 XI. COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS................................................................................. 134 Words Commonly Confused XII. PROBLEM WORDS............................................................................................................ 146 Meaning Determines Usage XIII. MORE PROBLEM WORDS............................................................................................... 154 Troublesome Words STYLE Topics 14 - 15 XIV. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VERBS....................................................................................... 166 Active and Passive Voice n Creating Direct and Forceful Sentences n Two Exceptions XV. SHIFTS OF PERSON.......................................................................................................... 174 Point of View: Person n Avoid Shifts of Person APPENDICES APPENDIX A.................................................................................................................................. 182 Supplemental Exercises APPENDIX B.................................................................................................................................. 201 Business Letter Formats n Block Letter Format vs. Modified-Block n Envelope Formats APPENDIX C.................................................................................................................................. 206 Memos APPENDIX D.................................................................................................................................. 208 Resumes n Cover Letters APPENDIX E.................................................................................................................................. 213 Commonly Misspelled Words APPENDIX F.................................................................................................................................. 218 Internet Resources APPENDIX G.................................................................................................................................. 220 Correction Symbols INDEX.............................................................................................................................................. 221

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