Eye on Editing 1 : Developing Writing Skills Through Grammar

by Cain, Joyce S.

• ISBN13: 9780201621327
• ISBN10: 0201621320
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-08
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

As a main text, a supplement to writing and grammar classes, or as a reference guide, Eye on Editingprovides explanations and practice for the most frequent errors in intermediate and high-intermediate student writing.

Table of Contents

To the Teacher	v
To the Student	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
Present Time Tenses	1	(11)
Past Time Tenses	12	(9)
Subject-Verb Agreement	21	(6)
Expressing Future Time	27	(7)
Time Shifts and Tense	34	(6)
Count and Noncount Nouns	40	(6)
Articles and Other Determiners	46	(9)
Pronouns	55	(8)
Modals	63	(7)
Verb Forms, Gerunds, and Infinitives	70	(8)
Word Forms	78	(11)
Extra Editing Practice	89	(4)
Appendix 1 Practice with Authentic Language	93	(15)
Appendix 2 Irregular Verbs	108	(2)
Appendix 3 Spelling and Punctuation Rules	110	(2)
Appendix 4 Prepositions	112	(3)
Appendix 5 Correction Symbols	115	(2)
Appendix 6 Editing Log	117	(1)
Appendix 7 Grammar Book References	118	(3)
Answer Key	121