Preface | |
Getting Started: Computers, Grammar, and Paragraphs. Standard English: Who Needs It? Writing with the Computer. Writing Sentences | |
The Paragraph: An Overview | |
Writing Paragraphs | |
The Parts of Speech: A Review | |
The Noun | |
The Pronoun | |
The Verb | |
The Adjective | |
The Adverb | |
The Preposition | |
The Conjunction | |
The Interjection | |
Language Tips | |
Writing Sentences | |
Review Test 2-A: Parts of Speech | |
Review Test 2-B: Parts of Speech | |
Writing Paragraphs | |
The Topic Sentence and Unity in the Paragraph | |
Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence | |
The Subject and the Verb | |
Finding the Verb | |
Action Verbs | |
Linking Verbs | |
Words Mistaken for the Verb | |
Finding the Subject | |
Subjects and Other Words in the Sentence | |
Simple and Complete Subjects | |
Compound Subjects | |
Subjects in Inverted Sentences | |
Subjects with Verbs in Active and Passive Voice | |
Subjects and Prepositional Phrases | |
Subjects and Verbs in Compound and Complex Sentences | |
Language Tips | |
Writing Sentences | |
Review Test 3-A: Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence | |
Review Text 3-B: Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence | |
Writing Paragraphs | |
Coherence in the Paragraph Through Chronological Order | |
Making the Subject and Verb Agree | |
Language Tips | |
Writing Sentences | |
Review Test 4-A: Making the Subject and Verb Agree | |
Review Test 4-B: Making the Subject and Verb Agree | |
Writing Paragraphs | |
Coherence in the Paragraph Through Spatial Order | |
Common Errors Involving Verbs | |
Regular Verbs | |
Irregular Verbs | |
Suggestions for Using Irregular Verbs | |
Using the Correct Tense | |
Shifts in Tense | |
Two Pairs of Irregular Verbs | |
Language Tips | |
Writing Sentences | |
Review Test 5-A: Common Errors Involving Verbs | |
Review Test 5-B: Common Errors Involving Verbs | |
Writing Paragraphs | |
Coherence in the Paragraph Through Order of Importance | |
Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun | |
The Classes of Pronouns | |
Personal Pronouns | |
The Subject Pronouns | |
The Object Pronouns | |
The Possessive Pronouns | |
The Relative Pronouns | |
Who, Which, and That: Special Uses | |
Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns: Pronouns Ending in -self and -selves | |
Some Problems with Pronouns: Who and Whom | |
Language Tips | |
Writing Sentences | |
Review Exercise 6-A: Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun | |
Review Exercise 6-B: Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun | |
Writing Paragraphs | |
Coherence in the Paragraph by Using Transitional Words and Phrases | |
Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference | |
Agreement in Number | |
Agreement in Person | |
Pronoun Reference | |
Avoiding Sexism in Pronoun Usage | |
Language Tips | |
Writing Sentences | |
Review Test 7-A: Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference | |
Review Test 7-B: Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference | |
Writing Paragraphs | |
Developing a Paragraph by Examples | |
Compound and Complex Sentences | |
Compound Sentences | |
Tips for Punctuating Compound Sentences | |
Complex Sentences | |
Three Kinds of Dependent Clauses | |
Adverb Clauses | |
Adjective Clauses | |
Noun Clauses | |
Language Tips | |
Review Test 8-A: Compound and Complex Sentences | |
Review Test 8-B: Compound and Complex Sentences | |
Writing Paragraphs | |
Developing a Paragraph by Comparison and Contrast | |
Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices | |
Sentence Fragments | |
Phrases as Fragments | |
Noun Fragments | |
Dependent Clauses as Fragments | |
Run-on Sentences | |
Comma-Splices | |
Comma-Splices and Conjunctive Adverbs | |
Language Tips | |
Writing Sentences | |
Review Test 9-A: Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma- Splices | |
Review Test 9-B: Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices | |
Writin | |
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