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Introduction | p. vii |
Effective Use of This Book | p. vii |
The Simplest Complete Thought | p. 1 |
What You've Always Known | p. 1 |
Recognizing Complete and Incomplete Thoughts | p. 5 |
Action Words: Special Problems | p. 7 |
Performer and Action: Understanding Time and Number | p. 15 |
Understanding Time | p. 15 |
Understanding Number | p. 17 |
Adding Descriptive Words | p. 24 |
Descriptive Words: Adding Meaning | p. 24 |
Descriptive Words: Special Problems | p. 27 |
Using Descriptive Words Correctly | p. 31 |
Descriptive Words: Using Comparison | p. 31 |
Adding Descriptive Phrases | p. 37 |
Descriptive Phrases: Adding Meaning | p. 37 |
Descriptive Phrases: Correct Placement | p. 39 |
Cumulative Review | p. 45 |
Linking Words | p. 54 |
The Flink Is Pretty: The Subject Is Being, Not Doing | p. 54 |
Subject and Linking Word: Agreement in Number | p. 58 |
The Missing Link(ing Word) | p. 62 |
Agreement: Special Problems | p. 66 |
Rules Concerning Special Problems of Agreement | p. 67 |
Time: Special Problems | p. 78 |
Common Misuses of Has and Have | p. 79 |
Common Misuses of Had | p. 80 |
Common Misuses of Will Have | p. 81 |
Common Errors Regarding Simultaneous Actions | p. 82 |
Pronouns | p. 92 |
Rules Concerning Pronoun Usage | p. 92 |
Cumulative Review | p. 105 |
Balanced Sentences | p. 116 |
Understanding Correct Sentence Structure | p. 116 |
Punctuation | p. 125 |
End Marks | p. 125 |
Commas | p. 126 |
Semicolons | p. 131 |
Cumulative Review | p. 137 |
Effective Expression | p. 150 |
Style and Clarity | p. 150 |
Problems With Logic | p. 161 |
More Punctuation | p. 166 |
Quotation Marks | p. 166 |
Other Marks of Punctuation: Colon, Hyphen, Apostrophe, Dash, Parentheses, Brackets | p. 172 |
Capitalization | p. 181 |
Survey Test | p. 183 |
Spelling | p. 192 |
Building Blocks of Words: Consonants, Vowels, Syllables | p. 193 |
Rules Concerning Spelling | p. 194 |
The Role of Accent Marks | p. 197 |
Spelling Review | p. 202 |
Commonly Misspelled Words | p. 216 |
Building Vocabulary | p. 225 |
Some Facts About Vocabulary | p. 225 |
Building Your Vocabulary With Prefixes | p. 228 |
Building Your Vocabulary With Action and Descriptive Words | p. 230 |
Word Usage | p. 233 |
Commonly Misused Words | p. 233 |
Words and Phrases to Avoid | p. 257 |
Cumulative Review | p. 261 |
Writing Right | p. 285 |
Thinking Before You Write | p. 286 |
Who Is Your Reader? | p. 287 |
Letters | p. 288 |
Business Letter Format | p. 290 |
Memoranda | p. 295 |
Reports and Proposals | p. 299 |
Essays | p. 305 |
Editing and Rewriting | p. 306 |
Summary of Steps to Simplify and Clarify Your Writing | p. 310 |
Writer's Block | p. 312 |
Final Review | p. 318 |
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