How to Use This Book | p. v |
Question and Correct | p. viii |
Writing and Speaking | p. 1 |
Checklist for Effective Papers/Presentations | p. 3 |
Sentence Choices | p. 13 |
Clarity | p. 16 |
Conciseness | p. 18 |
Variety | p. 20 |
Voice (Formal and Informal) | p. 21 |
Mixed Constructions | p. 22 |
Active and Passive Verbs | p. 23 |
Parallelism | p. 24 |
Transitions | p. 26 |
Nonsexist Language | p. 28 |
Sentence Grammar | p. 31 |
Fragments | p. 34 |
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences | p. 36 |
Subjects and Verbs | p. 37 |
Pronouns | p. 48 |
Adjectives and Adverbs | p. 55 |
Modifiers | p. 58 |
Shifts | p. 60 |
Punctuation | p. 63 |
Sentence Punctuation Patterns (for Commas, Semicolons, and Colons) | p. 67 |
Commas | p. 69 |
Apostrophes | p. 74 |
Semicolons | p. 76 |
Quotation Marks | p. 78 |
Other Punctuation | p. 81 |
Mechanics | p. 87 |
Capitalization | p. 90 |
Italics | p. 93 |
Numbers | p. 94 |
Abbreviations | p. 96 |
Spelling | p. 99 |
MultiLingual Speakers (ESL) | p. 105 |
American Style in Writing/ESL Resources | p. 107 |
Verbs | p. 109 |
Nouns (Count and Noncount) | p. 113 |
Articles ("A," "An," and "The") | p. 114 |
Prepositions | p. 116 |
Omitted/Repeated Words | p. 117 |
Idioms | p. 118 |
Research | p. 121 |
Doing Print and Online Research | p. 124 |
Evaluating Print and Internet Sources | p. 150 |
Integrating Sources | p. 158 |
Designing Documents | p. 166 |
Documentation | p. 173 |
MLA Style | p. 176 |
APA Style | p. 214 |
Chicago Manual of Style (CM) | p. 235 |
Council of Science Editors (CSE) | p. 246 |
Style Manuals and Resources for Various Fields | p. 252 |
Glossary of Usage | p. 255 |
Glossary of Grammatical Terms | p. 266 |
Index | p. 287 |
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