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9780470222683

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes, 10th Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470222683

  • ISBN10:

    0470222689

  • Edition: 10th
  • Format: Workbook
  • Copyright: 2007-12-14
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Summary

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests.This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middle school through college, ESL students, homeschoolers, and professionals. Valuable for anyone who takes tests or writes reports, letters, Web pages, e-mails, or blogs, The Blue Book offers instant answers to everyday English usage questions.

Author Biography

Jane Straus has created the popular Web site www.Grammarbook.com, which offers additional self-scoring, downloadable quizzes, video lessons, and a weekly online newsletter full of helpful tips. Jane is also a personal life coach and the author of Enough Is Enough! from Jossey-Bass. She keynotes at educational conferences and workshops, writes articles for publication, and appears frequently on TV and radio for her expertise in communications, relationships, and lifestyle enhancement.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
About the Author
Foreword by Mignon Fogarty (Grammar Girl)
Introduction
Grammar
Finding Subjects and Verbs
Subject and Verb Agreement
Pronouns
Who vs. Whom
Whoever vs. Whomever
That vs. Which
Adjectives and Adverbs
Problems with Prepositions
EffectiveWriting
Confusing Words and Homonyms
Punctuation
Spacing with Punctuation
Periods
Ellipsis Marks
Commas
Semicolons
Colons
Question Marks
Exclamation Points
Quotation Marks
Parentheses
Apostrophes
Hyphens
Dashes
Capitalization
Writing Numbers
Quizzes
Grammar Pretest
Grammar Mastery Test
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Pretest
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Mastery Test
Answers to Quizzes
Grammar Pretest
Grammar Mastery Test
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Pretest
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Mastery Test
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