Reviewing Basic Grammar: A Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs (book alone)

by Yarber, Mary Laine; Yarber, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780321396075
• ISBN10: 0321396073
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Perfect for use in developmental writing courses, writing laboratories, and self-tutorial formats, this step-by-step sentence-to-paragraph developmental writing textbook combines an intense grammar review with an introduction toparagraphwriting. The writing process has been broken down into manageable pieces and simple but clear explanations facilitate learning. The tightening of the integration of grammar and sentence writing correlates the acquisition of grammar skills with sentence writing in a series of exercises that conclude each chapter.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Getting Started: Computers, Grammar, Sentences, and Paragraphs	p. 1
Standard English: Who Needs It?	p. 1
Writing with the Computer	p. 3
Writing Sentences	p. 4
Editing Exercise	p. 4
The Paragraph: An Overview	p. 6
Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs	p. 6
Introductions	p. 7
Conclusions	p. 8
Writing Paragraphs	p. 10
The Parts of Speech: A Review	p. 12
The Noun	p. 13
The Pronoun	p. 13
The Verb	p. 15
The Adjective	p. 18
The Adverb	p. 21
The Preposition	p. 23
The Conjunction	p. 26
The Interjection	p. 28
A Word of Caution	p. 28
Editing Exercises	p. 29
Writing Sentences: The Parts of Speech	p. 30
Parts of Speech	p. 31
Parts of Speech	p. 33
Writing Paragraphs: The Topic Sentence and Unity in the Paragraph	p. 35
Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence	p. 43
The Subject and the Verb	p. 43
Finding the Verb	p. 44
Action Verbs	p. 45
Linking Verbs	p. 45
Words Mistaken for the Verb	p. 48
Finding the Subject	p. 51
Subjects and Other Words in the Sentence	p. 51
Simple and Complete Subjects	p. 52
Compound Subjects	p. 52
Subjects in Inverted Sentences	p. 53
Subjects with Verbs in Active and Passive Voice	p. 54
Subjects and Prepositional Phrases	p. 56
Subjects and Verbs in Compound and Complex Sentences	p. 57
Editing Exercises	p. 61
Writing Sentences: Identifying Subjects and Verbs	p. 62
Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence	p. 63
Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence	p. 65
Writing Paragraphs: Coherence in the Paragraph Through Chronological Order	p. 67
Making the Subject and Verb Agree	p. 70
Subject-Verb Agreement	p. 70
Editing Exercises	p. 82
Writing Sentences: Subject and Verb Agreement	p. 83
Making the Subject and Verb Agree	p. 85
Making the Subject and Verb Agree	p. 87
Writing Paragraphs: Coherence in the Paragraph Through Spatial Order	p. 89
Common Errors Involving Verbs	p. 93
Regular Verbs	p. 94
Irregular Verbs	p. 95
Suggestions for Using Irregular Verbs	p. 95
Using the Correct Tense	p. 100
A Few Suggestions for Using the Correct Tense	p. 103
Shifts in Tense	p. 105
Two Pairs of Irregular Verbs: Lie and Lay and Sit and Set	p. 107
Lie and Lay	p. 107
Sit and Set	p. 108
Editing Exercises	p. 111
Writing Sentences: The Correct Form of the Verb	p. 113
Common Errors Involving Verbs	p. 114
Common Errors Involving Verbs	p. 116
Writing Paragraphs: Coherence in the Paragraph Through Order of Importance	p. 118
Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun	p. 121
The Classes of Pronouns	p. 122
Personal Pronouns	p. 123
Subject Pronouns	p. 123
Object Pronouns	p. 126
Possessive Pronouns	p. 129
Relative Pronouns	p. 131
Who, Which, and That: Special Uses	p. 131
Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns: Pronouns Ending in -self and -selves	p. 132
Some Problems with Pronouns: Who and Whom	p. 133
Editing Exercises	p. 135
Writing Sentences: Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun	p. 136
Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun	p. 137
Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun	p. 139
Writing Paragraphs: Coherence in the Paragraph by Using Transitional Words and Phrases	p. 141
Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference	p. 146
Agreement in Number	p. 147
Agreement in Person	p. 152
Pronoun Reference	p. 154
Avoiding Sexism in Pronoun Usage	p. 156
Editing Exercises	p. 158
Writing Sentences: Avoiding Common Errors in Pronoun Usage	p. 159
Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference	p. 160
Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference	p. 162
Writing Paragraphs: Developing a Paragraph by Using Examples	p. 164
Compound and Complex Sentences	p. 168
Compound Sentences	p. 168
Punctuating Compound Sentences	p. 170
Complex Sentences	p. 172
Three Kinds of Dependent Clauses	p. 174
Editing Exercises	p. 180
Writing Sentences: Using a Variety of Sentence Types	p. 181
Compound and Complex Sentences	p. 183
Compound and Complex Sentences	p. 185
Writing Paragraphs: Developing a Paragraph by Comparison and Contrast	p. 187
Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices	p. 190
Sentence Fragments	p. 190
Phrases as Fragments	p. 191
Dependent Clauses as Fragments	p. 195
Run-on Sentences	p. 196
Comma-Splices	p. 198
Comma-Splices and Conjunctive Adverbs	p. 200
Editing Exercise	p. 202
Writing Sentences: Avoiding Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices	p. 203
Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices	p. 204
Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices	p. 206
Writing Paragraphs: Developing a Paragraph by Classification	p. 208
Confused Sentences	p. 211
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers	p. 211
Illogical Comparisons	p. 216
Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs	p. 218
Using Adjectives after Linking Verbs	p. 218
Using Adverbs to Modify Verbs	p. 220
Parallel Structure	p. 221
Editing Exercises	p. 224
Writing Sentences: Avoiding Confused Sentences	p. 225
Confused Sentences	p. 227
Confused Sentences	p. 229
Writing Paragraphs: Developing a Paragraph by Process and Analysis	p. 231
Punctuation and Capitalization	p. 234
End Marks	p. 234
The Period	p. 234
The Question Mark	p. 235
The Exclamation Point	p. 236
Internal Punctuation	p. 237
The Comma	p. 237
Additional Uses of the Comma	p. 242
Omitting Commas	p. 245
The Semicolon	p. 246
The Colon	p. 248
Parentheses	p. 249
The Dash	p. 250
Quotation Marks	p. 251
Italics	p. 252
The Hyphen	p. 254
The Apostrophe	p. 255
Numbers	p. 258
Editing Exercises	p. 260
Writing Sentences: Using Correct Punctuation	p. 261
Capitalization	p. 261
Editing Exercises	p. 267
Writing Sentences: Using Correct Capitalization	p. 268
Punctuation	p. 269
Punctuation	p. 272
Writing Paragraphs: Developing a Paragraph by Cause and Effect	p. 275
A Checklist for the ESL Writer	p. 278
Learning to Use Articles and Quantifiers	p. 279
Articles (a/an and the)	p. 279
Quantifiers	p. 283
Problems with Verbs	p. 285
The Twelve Verb Tenses	p. 286
Tips for Choosing the Right Tense	p. 290
Learning to Use Verb Phrases	p. 294
Learning to Use Adjectives and Adverbs	p. 296
Common Expressions	p. 298
Using Used To	p. 298
Using When and If	p. 299
Using Since and For	p. 299
Using -s and -es	p. 300
Problems with Word Order and Unnecessary Words	p. 300
Adjectives	p. 300
Adverbs	p. 301
Repetition of the Subject	p. 302
Other Problems with Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation	p. 302
Additional Reference Books for ESL Students	p. 303
A Brief Guide for Avoiding Errors in Grammar and Usage	p. 304
A Glossary of Usage	p. 308
A Glossary of Grammatical Terms	p. 313
Answers to Selected Exercises	p. 321
Credits	p. 327
Index	p. 328
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