| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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| PART I Understanding Basic Sentences |
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Chapter 1 The Structure of Sentences |
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11 | (7) |
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12 | (1) |
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The Intransitive Verb Pattern |
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The Basic Transitive Verb Pattern |
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Transitive Patterns with Two Complements |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (3) |
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Punctuation and the Sentence Patterns |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 The Basic Sentences in Prose |
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27 | (10) |
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27 | (1) |
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27 | (4) |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (26) |
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Coordination within the Sentence |
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38 | (8) |
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Coordination with Correlative Conjunctions |
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40 | (2) |
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Coordination of the Series |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (9) |
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Connecting Sentence Patterns |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (2) |
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Compound Sentences with Semicolons |
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52 | (1) |
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Compound Sentences with Colons |
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53 | (2) |
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The Compound Sentence: Punctuation Review |
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55 | (3) |
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58 | (3) |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
| PART II Connecting with the Reader |
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63 | (26) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (12) |
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72 | (5) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (3) |
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The Role of the Passive Voice |
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Other Sentence Inversions |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (3) |
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Repetition versus Redundancy |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (4) |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 Sentence Rhythm |
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89 | (18) |
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89 | (1) |
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Intonation: The Peaks and Valleys |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (3) |
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93 | (6) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (4) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (8) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 The Writer's Voice |
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107 | (22) |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (4) |
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111 | (8) |
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114 | (4) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (5) |
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The Overuse of Metadiscourse |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
| PART III Making Choices |
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129 | (20) |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (13) |
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130 | (4) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (17) |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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Chapter 8 Choosing Adverbials |
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149 | (23) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (3) |
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The Proliferating Prepositional Phrase |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (11) |
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Punctuation of Subordinate Clauses |
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157 | (1) |
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The Movability of Subordinate Clauses |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (2) |
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The Elliptical Subordinate Clause |
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161 | (14) |
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The Elliptical Clause of Comparison |
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162 | (3) |
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Infinitive (Verb) Phrases |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Choosing Adjectivals |
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172 | (38) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (4) |
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Modifier Noun Proliferation |
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177 | (1) |
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The Movable Adjective Phrase |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (5) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (2) |
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186 | (1) |
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Punctuation of Phrases and Clauses |
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187 | (4) |
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The Broad-Reference Clause |
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191 | (3) |
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194 | (4) |
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194 | (3) |
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195 | (1) |
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The Subject of the Gerund |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (9) |
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The Introductory Appositive |
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200 | (2) |
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The Colon with Appositives |
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202 | (1) |
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Avoiding Punctuation Errors |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Choosing Stylistic Variations |
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210 | (23) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (5) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (3) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (5) |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
| PART IV Your Way with Words |
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233 | (17) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (4) |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (8) |
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240 | (5) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (20) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (5) |
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251 | (5) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (5) |
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256 | (3) |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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Intensive Reflexive Pronouns |
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262 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (4) |
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265 | (3) |
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268 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
| PART V Punctuation |
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Chapter 13 Punctuation: Its Purposes, Its Hierarchy, and Its Rhetorical Effects |
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270 | (13) |
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270 | (1) |
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The Purposes of Punctuation Marks |
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271 | (3) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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The Hierarchy of Punctuation |
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274 | (3) |
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The Rhetorical Effects of Punctuation |
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277 | (4) |
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281 | (2) |
| Glossary of Punctuation |
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283 | (10) |
| Glossary of Terms |
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293 | (11) |
| Bibliography |
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304 | (2) |
| Answers to the Exercises |
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306 | (10) |
| Index |
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