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9780073529462

Pocket Book of English Grammar for Engineers and Scientists

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  • ISBN13:

    9780073529462

  • ISBN10:

    007352946X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-02-18
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Summary

Pocket Book of English Grammar for Engineers and Scientistsis geared specifically to the needs of engineering and science practitioners and students, although it is also appropriate for anyone doing technical or business writing. The book is unique among grammar manuals not only because of its straightforward, simplified organizational structure, but also because of its use of innovative tools and examples.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Importance of grammar

1.2 Parts of speech

1.3 Grammar and English as a second language

1.4 Sentence structure

2 Nouns

2.1 Definition and functions

2.2 Number

2.3 Type

2.4 Case

2.5 Gender

2.6 Offensive nouns

2.7 Appositives

2.8 Noun clauses

3 Pronouns

3.1 Definition and functions

3.2 Types of pronouns

4 Adjectives

4.1 Definition and functions

4.2 Classes of adjectives

4.3 Articles and other determiners

4.4 Adjectival clauses

4.5 Levels of comparison for adjectives

5 Verbs

5.1 Definition and function

5.2 Tense

5.3 Person and number

5.4 Irregular verbs

5.5 Form and voice

5.6 Mood

6 Adverbs

6.1 Adverbials

6.2 Levels of comparison for adverbs

6.3 Compound and absolute verbs

6.4 Placement of adverbs

6.5 Transitional phrases and adverbial conjuctions

7 Prepositions

7.1 Uses of prepositional phrases

7.2 Prepositions as a part of two-word verbs

8 Conjunctions

8.1 Coordinating conjunctions

8.2 Correlative conjunctions

8.3 Subordinating conjunctions

8.4 Adverbial conjunctions

9 Interjections

10 Punctuation

10.1 Apostrophe

10.2 Brackets

10.3 Colon

10.4 Comma

10.5 Dash

10.6 Ellipsis

10.7 Exclamation point

10.8 Hyphen

10.9 Parentheses

10.10 Period

10.11 Question mark

10.12 Quotation marks

10.13 Semicolon

10.14 Slash

11 Final Thoughts

12 Glossary

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