The Writer's World Editing Handbook

by Gaetz, Lynne; Phadke, Suneeti

• ISBN13: 9780131727717
• ISBN10: 0131727710
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-14
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The Writer's World addresses the diverse needs of your students by meeting the needs of nonnative English speakers, visual learners and students with varying skill levels! Now, The Writer's World addresses the diverse needs of instructors! Prentice Hall is proud to offer The Writer's World: Paragraphs and Essays in four individual volumes. Developed to provide maximum flexibility for both instructors and students, the volumes were created directly from the pages of The Writer's World: Paragraphs and Essays by Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke. Volume three, the Writer's World: Editing Handbook, is a thematic grammar handbook. In each chapter, the examples correspond to a section theme, such as the Workplace or Health Care. As students work through the chapters, they hone their grammar and editing skills while gaining knowledge about a variety of topics. In addition to helping retain interest in grammar practices, the thematic material provides a spark that ignites new ideas that students can apply to their own writing.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART IV The Editing Handbook	252	(2)
Grammar Section I: Effective Sentences	254	(52)
Simple Sentences	254	(12)
Identify Subjects	254	(3)
Identify Prepositional Phrases	257	(2)
Identify Verbs	259	(2)
Helping Verbs	261	(5)
Compound Sentences	266	(12)
Compare Simple and Compound Sentences	266	(1)
Combine Sentences Using Coordinating Conjunctions	267	(3)
Combine Sentences Using Semicolons	270	(2)
Combine Sentences Using Transitional Expressions	272	(6)
Complex Sentences	278	(13)
What Is a Complex Sentence?	278	(1)
Use Subordinating Conjunctions	279	(6)
Use Relative Pronouns	285	(2)
Use Embedded Questions	287	(4)
Sentence Variety	291	(15)
What Is Sentence Variety?	291	(1)
Combine Sentences	292	(1)
Include a Question, a Quotation, or an Exclamation	293	(1)
Vary the Opening Words	294	(2)
Combine Sentences with a Present Participle	296	(2)
Combine Sentences with a Past Participle	298	(2)
Combine Sentences with an Appositive	300	(6)
Grammar Section 2: Common Sentence Errors	306	(24)
Fragments and Run-Ons	306	(14)
Fragments	306	(6)
Run-Ons	312	(8)
Faulty Parallel Structure	320	(10)
What Is Parallel Structure?	320	(2)
Identify Faulty Parallel Structure	322	(8)
Grammar Section 3: Problems with Verbs	330	(38)
Present and Past Tenses	330	(15)
What Is Verb Tense?	330	(1)
The Simple Present Tense	331	(4)
The Simple Past Tense	335	(6)
Avoid Double Negatives	341	(4)
Past Participles	345	(13)
Past Participles	345	(3)
The Present Perfect Tense: have/has + Past Participle	348	(2)
The Past Perfect Tense: had + Past Participle	350	(1)
The Passive Voice: be + Past Participle	351	(7)
Other Verb Forms	358	(10)
Problems with Progressive Forms (-ing) Verbs	358	(2)
Nonstandard Forms: gonna, gotta, wanna	360	(2)
Problems with Conditional Forms	362	(1)
Nonstandard Forms: would of, could of, should of	363	(5)
Grammar Section 4: Verb Agreement and Consistency	368	(21)
Subject-Verb Agreement	368	(15)
Basic Subject-Verb Agreement Rules	368	(5)
More Than One Subject	373	(1)
Special Subject Forms	374	(3)
Verb Before the Subject	377	(1)
Interrupting Words and Phrases	378	(5)
Tense Consistency	383	(6)
Consistent Verb Tense	383	(6)
Grammar Section 5: More Parts of Speech	389	(36)
Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions	389	(16)
Singular and Plural Nouns	389	(5)
Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns	394	(2)
Determiners	396	(3)
Prepositions	399	(6)
Pronouns	405	(20)
Pronoun Case	405	(6)
Relative Pronouns (who, whom, which, that, whose)	411	(1)
Reflexive Pronouns (-self/-selves)	412	(2)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement	414	(1)
Indefinite Pronouns	415	(4)
Vague Pronouns	419	(1)
Pronoun Shifts	420	(5)
Grammar Section 6: Modifiers	425	(25)
Adjectives and Adverbs	425	(14)
Adjectives	425	(3)
Adverbs	428	(4)
Comparative and Superlative Forms	432	(7)
Mistakes with Modifiers	439	(11)
Misplaced Modifiers	439	(4)
Dangling Modifiers	443	(7)
Grammar Section 7: Word Use and Spelling	450	(27)
Exact Language	450	(9)
Use Specific and Detailed Vocabulary	450	(3)
Avoid Wordiness and Redundancy	453	(1)
Avoid Cliches	454	(1)
Standard English vs. Slang	455	(4)
Spelling and Commonly Confused Words	459	(18)
Spelling Rules	459	(7)
120 Commonly Misspelled Words	466	(3)
Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Words	469	(8)
Grammar Section 8: Punctuation and Mechanics	477	(35)
Commas	477	(13)
What Is a Comma?	477	(1)
Commas in a Series	478	(1)
Commas After Introductory Words or Phrases	479	(1)
Commas Around Interrupting Words and Phrases	480	(2)
Commas in Compound Sentences	482	(1)
Commas in Complex Sentences	483	(1)
Commas in Business Letters	484	(6)
The Apostrophe, Quotation Marks, and Titles	490	(13)
The Apostrophe	490	(5)
Quotation Marks	495	(3)
Punctuation of Titles	498	(5)
Capitalization and Other Punctuation Marks	503	(9)
Capitalization	503	(3)
Other Punctuation Marks	506	(6)
Grammar Section 9: Editing	512	(101)
Editing Paragraphs and Essays	512	(101)
Appendices
Appendix 1: Grammar Glossary	593	(2)
Appendix 2: Irregular Verbs	595	(2)
Appendix 3: A Quick Guide to Verb Tenses	597	(1)
Appendix 4: Combining Ideas in Sentences	598	(1)
Appendix 5: Punctuation and Mechanics	599	(3)
Appendix 6: Writing Paragraphs and Essays in Exams	602	(6)
Appendix 7: Spelling, Grammar, and Vocabulary Logs	608	(5)
Credits	613	(2)
Index	615