Grammar by Diagram: Understanding English Grammar Through Traditional Sentence Diagramming

by Vitoo, Cindy L.

• ISBN13: 9781551114576
• ISBN10: 1551114577
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: BROADVIEW

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(6)
The Eight Parts of Speech	15	(28)
Basic Sentence Patterns for Be and Linking Verbs	43	(18)
Basic Sentence Patterns for Intransitive and Transitive Verbs	61	(36)
Usage Problems Associated with Adjectives and Adverbs	97	(16)
Combining and Expanding Patterns: Compound Structures	113	(12)
Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Noun Clauses	125	(14)
Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Adverb and Relative Clauses, and the Compound-Complex Sentence	139	(30)
Usage Problems of Case, Agreement, and Consistency	169	(22)
Verbs	191	(14)
Verbals	205	(36)
Usage Problems Associated with Verbs and Verbals	241	(20)
Punctuation and Capitalization	261	(44)
Sentence Transformations	305	(20)
Appendix 1 Ten Basic Sentence Patterns and Diagrams	325	(2)
Appendix 2 Irregular Verb Forms	327	(4)
Appendix 3 Summary of Clauses and Verbals	331	(4)
Appendix 4 Diagraming Summary	335	(6)
Appendix 5 Sentence Options for Compound and Complex Sentences	341	(2)
Appendix 6 Commonly Confused Words	343	(12)
Answer Key	355	(72)
Index	427