Random House Webster's Student Notebook Writers' Guide

by Random House

• ISBN13: 9780375719516
• ISBN10: 0375719512
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Random House Reference

Summary

An essential guide to writing research papers, general composition, and grammar -- conveniently three-hole punched to fit into a 3-ring binder. All the essentials of good writing are covered: - grammar - usage basics - bibliographies - commonly confused words - punctuation - citations - commonly misspelled words - essay-writing tips Three-hole punched format fits in a standard 3-ring binder. Now writing help is available anywhere, anytime! Includes up-to-date information for today's writers, such as citing online sources, using the Internet for research, and more.

Table of Contents

PARTS OF SPEECH	1	(16)
Nouns	1	(3)
Pronouns	1	(1)
Case	2	(2)
Nominative Case	2	(1)
Objective Case	3	(1)
Uses of Who and Whom	3	(1)
Possessive Case	4	(1)
Ambiguous Reference	4	(1)
Verbs	4	(7)
Types of Verbs	4	(2)
Verbal Forms	6	(1)
Tense	7	(3)
Simple Tenses	7	(1)
Perfect Tenses	8	(1)
Progressive Forms	9	(1)
Using Tenses	9	(1)
Mood	10	(1)
Voice	10	(1)
Verbals	11	(1)
Determiners	11	(1)
Adjectives	11	(1)
Adverbs	12	(1)
Sentence Adverbs	12	(1)
Adjective or Adverb?	12	(2)
Prepositions	14	(1)
Preposition or Adverb?	15	(1)
Conjunctions	15	(2)
Interjections	17	(1)
PHRASES AND CLAUSES	17	(1)
Phrases	17	(1)
Clauses	17	(1)
SENTENCES	18	(7)
Subjects and Predicates	18	(1)
Hard-to-Locate Subjects	19	(1)
Sentence Complements	19	(1)
Forming Sentences	19	(1)
Review of Sentence Forms	20	(1)
Sentence Functions	20	(1)
Sentence Errors	21	(2)
Agreement of Sentence Parts	23	(2)
SHIFTS	25	(3)
PARALLELISM	28	(1)
COMMON ERRORS	29	(10)
COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS	39	(7)
WORDS COMMONLY MISSPELLED	46	(2)
PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, AND ROOTS	48	(26)
Prefixes	48	(5)
Suffixes	53	(8)
Roots	61	(13)
PUNCTUATION	74	(7)
WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER	81	(5)
The Topic	81	(1)
Research	82	(3)
Writing	85	(1)
Revising, Editing, and Proofreading	86	(1)
Finishing and Polishing	86	(1)
CITATIONS	86	(2)
PAPER PROTOTYPES	88	(2)
Writers' Worksheet	90