Random House Webster's Student Notebook Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation Guide

by RANDOM HOUSE

• ISBN13: 9780375719905
• ISBN10: 0375719903
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Random House Reference

Summary

Random House Webster's Student Notebook Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation Guideis an essential companion to the bestsellingRandom House Webster's Student Notebook DictionaryandRandom House Roget's Student Notebook Thesaurus, in a handy three-hole punched format that fits into a loose-leaf binder. An up-to-date guide for the 21st-century student, the Guide not only features great advice on grammar, word usage, spelling, and punctuation, but also provides easy-to-use models and tips for essay writing and research papers--including evaluating the Internet as a research tool.

Table of Contents

PARTS OF SPEECH	1	(16)
Nouns	1	(3)
Pronouns	1	(1)
Antecedents
Types of Pronouns
Specific Antecedent
No Specific Antecedent
Case	2	(2)
Nominative Case	2	(1)
Subject of a Verb
Appositive Identifying a Subject
Predicate Nominative
Objective Case	3	(1)
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Object of a Preposition
Case after Than or As
Uses of Who and Whom	3	(1)
Subordinate Clauses and Who/Whom
Questions and Who/Whom
Possessive Case	4	(1)
Ambiguous Reference	4	(1)
Verbs	4	(7)
Types of Verbs	4	(2)
Transitive Verbs
Intransitive Verbs
Ergative Verbs
Copula Verbs
Auxiliary Verbs
Modal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
Verbal Forms	6	(1)
Infinitive Form
Perfect Infinitive Form
Past Form
Past Participle
Present Participle
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Common Irregular Verbs
Tense	7	(3)
Simple Tenses	7	(1)
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense	8	(1)
Perfect Tenses
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Progressive forms	9	(1)
Present Progressive
Past Progressive
Future Progressive
Present Perfect Progressive
Past Perfect Progressive
Future Perfect Progressive
Using Tenses	9	(1)
Simultaneous Actions
Actions Occurring at Different Times
Conditional Sentences
Using Participles Logically
Mood	10	(1)
Indicative Mood
Imperative Mood
Subjunctive Mood
Voice	10	(1)
Active Voice
Passive Voice
When to Use the Active Voice
When to Use the Passive Voice
Verbals	11	(1)
Determiners	11	(1)
Adjectives	11	(1)
Nouns and Pronouns as Adjectives
Special Adjectives
Adverbs	12	(1)
Sentence Adverbs	12	(1)
Adjective or Adverb	12	(2)
Using Adjectives after Linking Verbs
Using Adjectives or Adverbs after Direct Objects
Words that Can Be Either Adjectives or Adverbs
Using Adjectives and Adverbs to Make Comparisons
Positive Degree
Comparative Degree
Superlative Degree
Choosing Between Less/Least/More/Most or -er/-est
Irregular Adjectives and Adverbs
Comparative or Superlative?
Double Comparisons
Completing Comparisons
Prepositions	14	(1)
Common Prepositions
Phrasal Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases
Placement of Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs and Adjectives
Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs
Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives
Preposition or Adverb	15	(1)
Conjunctions	15	(2)
Coordinating Conjunctions
Correlative Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunction
Subordinating Conjunction or Preposition?
Conjunctive Adverb or Transitional Phrase?
Transitional Phrase
Transitional Phrase or Coordinating Conjunction?
Interjections	17	(1)
PHRASES AND CLAUSES	17	(1)
Phrases	17	(1)
Noun Phrases
Verb Phrases
Prepositional Phrases
Verbal Phrases
Clauses	17	(1)
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
Functions of Dependent Clauses
Adjective Clauses
Adverb Clauses
Noun Clauses
Elliptical Clauses
SENTENCES	18	(7)
Subjects and Predicates	18	(1)
Hard-To-Locate Subjects	19	(1)
Commands or Directions
Questions
Sentences Beginning with There or Here
Inverted Sentences
Sentence Complements	19	(1)
Direct Objects
Indirect Objects
Object Complements
Subject Complements
Forming Sentences	19	(1)
Simple Sentences
Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences
Compound-Complex Sentences
Review of Sentence Forms	20	(1)
Sentence Functions	20	(1)
Declarative Sentences
Interrogative Sentences
Imperative Sentences
Exclamatory Sentences
Sentence Errors	21	(2)
Fragments
Correcting Fragments
Run-ons
Correcting Run-on Sentences
Misplaced Modifiers
Dangling Modifiers
Squinting Modifiers
Agreement of Sentence Parts	23	(2)
Subject-Verb Agreement
Collective Nouns
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
SHIFTS	25	(3)
Shifts in Tense
Shifts in Voice
Shifts in Mood
Shifts in Person
Shifts in Perspective
Shifts in Number
Person and Number with Collective Nouns
Shifts in Tone and Style
Shifts in Direct and Indirect Quotations
PARALLELISM	28	(1)
Parallel Structure
Parallel Items in a Series
Parallel Outlines and Lists
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)
Period
Question Mark
Exclamation Point
Comma
Semicolon
Colon
Dash
Ellipsis
Parentheses
Brackets
Quotation Marks
Italics/Underlining
Forward Slash
Apostrophe
Hyphen
Capitalization
WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER	81	(5)
The Topic	81	(1)
Preliminary Research
Brainstorming
Creating a Thesis Argument
Research	82	(3)
Evaluating Sources
Library Research
Books
Journals
Internet Research
Where to Search
Evaluating Internet Sources
Documenting Sources
Interviews and Studies
Taking Research Notes
Writing	85	(1)
Prewriting
Organizing Paragraphs
Voice and Tone
Revising, Editing, and Proofreading	86	(1)
Finishing and Polishing	86	(1)
CITATIONS	86	(2)
Author-Page (MLA) documentation
Author-Date (APA) documentation
Footnotes and Endnotes
PAPER PROTOTYPES	88	(2)
Five-Paragraph Essay
Persuasive Essay
How-to Essay
AP Test in English
Creative Writing
Abstract/Precis/Annotated Bibliography
Literary Criticism
Science Paper
History Paper
Writers' Worksheet	90