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9780321038081

Essential College English : A Grammar and Punctuation Workbook for Writers

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  • ISBN13:

    9780321038081

  • ISBN10:

    0321038088

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Paperback w/CD-ROM
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Longman
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Summary

Selby's Essential College English is an excellent grammar workbook that provides a complete, clear treatment of the rules of grammar and punctuation. Incorporating a friendly and engaging tone throughout, the author focuses on the traditional principles of basic, sentence-level grammar and usage. The end-of-chapter exercises now include three different types: Review Exercises let students practice concepts learned in the chapter; Mastery Tests let students test their understanding of grammar rules; and Editing Tests allow students to correct errors in existing sentences and paragraphs.

Table of Contents

I. GRAMMAR.

1. Subjects, Verbs, and Complements.

2. Parts of Speech.

3. Phrases.

4. Clauses.

5. Sentence Types, Sentence Variety, and Sentence Combining.

6. Agreement.

7 Identifying and Correcting Sentence Fragments.

8. Identifying and Correcting Fused Sentences and Comma Splices.

9. Pronoun and Case Reference.

10. Adjectives and Adverbs.

II. PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS.

11. Commas.

12. Semicolons.

13. Apostrophes.

14. Quotation Marks.

15. Capitalization and Italics.

16. Abbreviations.

17. Other Marks of Punctuation.

Answers to Practice Sentences and Editing Practice.

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