| Part I Written and Oral Communication |
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Writing a Research Report |
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Excerpt from Cowboys of the Wild West |
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11 | (7) |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (2) |
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Using Standards to Revise a Research Report |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (2) |
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Listening and Speaking: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion |
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35 | (4) |
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Selecting and Narrowing a Topic |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (4) |
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Writing Beginning Sentences |
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46 | (6) |
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Writing the Middle Sentences |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (4) |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (3) |
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Developing Your Writing Skills |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (4) |
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79 | (5) |
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84 | (4) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (3) |
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Refining Your Writing Skills |
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Combining Independent Clauses |
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95 | (3) |
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Using Adjectival Clauses to Combine Sentences |
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98 | (4) |
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Using Adverbial Clauses to Combine Sentences |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (3) |
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Dividing and Trimming Sentences |
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108 | (4) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (3) |
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Writing Expository Paragraphs |
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119 | (5) |
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Writing Descriptive Paragraphs |
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124 | (4) |
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Writing Narrative Paragraphs |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (5) |
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Word Study: Suffixes (Adjective Endings) |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (3) |
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Writing Reports and Articles |
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143 | (5) |
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148 | (4) |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (5) |
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Word Study: Suffixes (Noun Endings) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (3) |
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The Parts of a Social Letter |
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169 | (5) |
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174 | (10) |
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Parts of a Business Letter |
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184 | (3) |
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Types of Business Letters |
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187 | (6) |
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193 | (5) |
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Word Study: Review of Word Parts |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (3) |
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Speaking and Listening Skills |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (10) |
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218 | (8) |
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226 | (4) |
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230 | (2) |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (3) |
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237 | (8) |
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245 | (8) |
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Using Other Reference Tools |
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253 | (7) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (5) |
| Part II Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics |
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267 | (3) |
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (6) |
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279 | (2) |
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281 | (2) |
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Apposition in the Nominative Case |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (3) |
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288 | (7) |
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295 | (2) |
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Personal Pronouns: Review |
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297 | (2) |
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Personal Pronouns: Nominative Case |
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299 | (3) |
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Personal Pronouns: Objective Case |
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302 | (4) |
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The Case Used After Than and As |
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306 | (1) |
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Nominative and Objective Case Pronouns: Review |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (2) |
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Compound Personal Pronouns |
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311 | (2) |
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313 | (3) |
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316 | (2) |
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Agreement of Relative Pronouns |
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318 | (5) |
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Correct Use of the Relative Pronouns Who and Whom |
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323 | (2) |
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325 | (3) |
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Agreement and Correct Use with Distributive and Indefinite Pronouns |
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328 | (3) |
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331 | (2) |
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333 | (4) |
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337 | (6) |
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Using Adjectives to Compare |
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343 | (2) |
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How Adjectives Form the Comparative and Superlative Degrees |
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345 | (3) |
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More Work with Adjectives |
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348 | (5) |
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353 | (2) |
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355 | (6) |
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361 | (4) |
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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs |
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365 | (4) |
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369 | (2) |
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371 | (5) |
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Simple and Compound Tenses |
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376 | (4) |
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Indicative and Imperative Moods |
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380 | (7) |
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Agreement of Subject and Verb---Part I |
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387 | (6) |
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Agreement of Subject and Verb---Part II |
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393 | (4) |
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Agreement of Subject and Verb---Part III |
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397 | (4) |
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401 | (2) |
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403 | (3) |
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406 | (3) |
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409 | (3) |
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The Correct Use of Adverbs |
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412 | (5) |
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417 | (2) |
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Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections |
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419 | (2) |
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The Correct Use of Prepositions |
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421 | (3) |
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Words Used as Adverbs and Prepositions |
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424 | (2) |
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426 | (4) |
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430 | (2) |
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432 | (2) |
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The Correct Use of Conjunctions |
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434 | (2) |
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436 | (2) |
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438 | (1) |
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439 | (2) |
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Phrases, Clauses, Sentences |
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441 | (3) |
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444 | (3) |
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Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses |
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447 | (2) |
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449 | (4) |
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453 | (3) |
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The Essential Elements of a Sentence |
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456 | (5) |
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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences |
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461 | (8) |
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469 | (2) |
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Punctuation and Capitalization |
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471 | (5) |
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Other Types of Punctuation---Part I |
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476 | (3) |
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Other Types of Punctuation---Part II |
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479 | (4) |
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483 | (4) |
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487 | (1) |
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488 | (8) |
| Grammar and Writing Handbook |
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496 | (30) |
| Index |
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526 | (13) |
| Acknowledgments |
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