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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I The Structure of Sentences
Chapter 1
A Review of Words and Phrases
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Form Classes
Nouns and Verbs
The Noun Phrase
The Verb Phrase
NP 1 VP 5 S
Adjectives and Adverbs
Prepositional Phrases
Key Terms
Chapter 2
Sentence Patterns
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Rhetorical Effects
The Be Patterns
The Linking Verb Pattern
The Intransitive Verb Pattern
The Basic Transitive Verb Pattern
Transitive Patterns with Two Complements
Sentence Pattern Summary
The Optional Adverbial
Questions and Commands
Punctuation and the Sentence Patterns
Basic Patterns in Prose
The Short Paragraph
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminder
Chapter 3
Our Versatile Verbs
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The Expanded Verb
Using the Expanded Verbs
Special Uses of the Present Tense
Other Auxiliaries
Do-Support
Modal Auxiliaries
The Passive Voice
Forms of the Passive Voice
The Obscure Agent
Well-Chosen Verbs: Showing, Not Telling
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Chapter 4
Coordination and Subordination
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Coordination Within the Sentence
Parallel Structure
Coordination of the Series
Climax
Coordination with Correlative Conjunctions
Subject-Verb Agreement
Compound Sentences
Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Phrases
Compound Sentences with Semicolons
Compound Sentences with Colons
Punctuation Pitfalls
The Compound Sentence: Punctuation Review
Subordination: The Dependent Clauses
Revising Compound Structures
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
PART II
Controlling the Message
Chapter 5
Cohesion
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Reader Expectation
Repetition
The Known-New Contract
The Role of Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
The Role of the Passive Voice
Other Sentence Inversions
Parallelism
Repetition Versus Redundancy
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Chapter 6
Sentence Rhythm
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Your Sense of Rhythm
End Focus
Controlling Rhythm
The It-Cleft
The What-Cleft
The There-Transformation
Rhythm and the Comma
Power Words
Correlative Conjunctions
Adverbials of Emphasis
The Common Only
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminder
Chapter 7
The Writer’s Voice
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Tone
Diction
Metaphor
Verbs and Formality
Nominalized Verbs and Abstract Subjects
Contractions
Metadiscourse
Point of View
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
PART III
Making Choices: Form and Function
Chapter 8
Choosing Adverbials
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The Movable Adverbials
Adverbs
Prepositional Phrases
The Proliferating Prepositional Phrase
Noun Phrases
Verb Phrases
Dependent Clauses
Punctuation of Adverbial Clauses
The Movability of Adverbial Clauses
The Because-Clause Myth
The Elliptical Adverbial Clause
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Chapter 9
Choosing Adjectivals
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The Noun Phrase
Preheadword Modifiers
Determiners
Adjectives and Nouns
Modifier Noun Proliferation
Postheadword Modifiers
Prepositional Phrases
Adjective Phrases
Participial Phrases
The Prenoun Participle
The Movable Participial Phrase
The Dangling Participle
Relative Clauses
The Relatives
The Broad-Reference Clause
Punctuation of Phrases and Clauses
A Punctuation Rule Revisited
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Chapter 10
Choosing Nominals
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Appositives
Colons and Dashes with Appositives
Avoiding Punctuation Errors
The Sentence Appositive
Nominal Verb Phrases
Gerunds
The Dangling Gerund
The Subject of the Gerund
Infinitives 2
Nominal Clauses
Nominals as Delayed Subjects
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
Chapter 11
Other Stylistic Variations
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Style
Absolute Phrases
The Coordinate Series
Repetition
Word-Order Variation
Ellipsis
Antithesis
The Deliberate Fragment
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
PART IV
Your Way with Words
Chapter 12
Words and Word Classes
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Your Lexicon
Parts of Speech
The Form Classes
Nouns
Plural-Only Forms
Collective Nouns
Proper Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Derivational Affixes
The Structure Classes
Determiners
Auxiliaries
Qualifiers
Prepositions
Particles
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
The Missing Pronoun
Case Errors
The Unwanted Apostrophe
The Ambiguous Antecedent
Reflexive Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
The Everyone/Their Issue
Key Terms
Rhetorical Reminders
Punctuation Reminders
PART V
Punctuation
Chapter 13
Punctuation: Its Purposes, Its Hierarchy, and Its Rhetorical Effects
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The Purposes of Punctuation Marks
Syntax
Prosody
Semantics
The Hierarchy of Punctuation
The Rhetorical Effects of Punctuation
Key Terms
Glossary of Punctuation
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Answers to the Exercises
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