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Table of Contents:
Preface                                                                                                                   1.   Getting Started: Computers, Grammar, Sentences, and Paragraphs Standard English: Who Needs It? Writing with the Computer Writing Sentences             Editing Exercise The Paragraph: An Overview Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs Introductions Conclusions Writing Paragraphs   2.  The Parts of Speech: A Review The Noun The Pronoun The Verb The Adjective The Adverb The Preposition The Conjunction The Interjection A Word of Caution         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: The Parts of Speech         Review Test 2-A: Parts of Speech         Review Test 2-B: Parts of Speech Writing Paragraphs: The Topic Sentence and Unity in the Paragraph   3.  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         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: Identifying Subjects and Verbs         Review Test 3-A: Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence         Review Test 3-B: Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence Writing Paragraphs: Coherence in the Paragraph Through Chronological Order   4.  Making the Subject and Verb Agree Subject-Verb Agreement         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: Subject and Verb Agreement         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   5.  Common Errors Involving Verbs Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs         Suggestions for Using Irregular Verbs Using the Correct Tense         A Few Suggestions for Using the Correct Tense Shifts in Tense Two Pairs of Irregular Verbs: Lie and Lay and Sit and Set         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: The Correct Form of the Verb         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   6.  Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun The Classes of Pronouns Personal Pronouns         Subject Pronouns         Object Pronouns         Possessive Pronouns Relative Pronouns         Who, Which, and That/Special Uses Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns Some Problems with Pronouns: Who and Whom         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun         Review Test 6-A: Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun         Review Test 6-B: Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun Writing Paragraphs: Coherence in the Paragraph by Using Transitional Words and Phrases   7.  Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference Agreement in Number Agreement in Person Pronoun Reference Avoiding Sexism in Pronoun Usage         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: Avoiding Common Errors in Pronoun Usage         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 Using Examples   8.  Compound and Complex Sentences Compound Sentences         Punctuating Compound Sentences Complex Sentences         Three Kinds of Dependent Clauses         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: Using a Variety of Sentence Types         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   9.  Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices Sentence Fragments         Phrases as Fragments         Dependent Clauses as Fragments Run-on Sentences Comma-Splices Comma-Splices and Conjunctive Adverbs         Editing Exercise         Writing Sentences: Avoiding Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices         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 Writing Paragraphs: Developing a Paragraph by Classification   10.  Confused Sentences Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Illogical Comparisons Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs         Using Adjectives after Linking Verbs         Using Adverbs to Modify Verbs Parallel Structure         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: Avoiding Confused Sentences         Review Test 10-A: Confused Sentences         Review Test 10-B: Confused Sentences Writing Paragraphs: Developing a Paragraph by Process and Analysis   11.  Punctuation and Capitalization< End Marks         The Period         The Question Mark         The Exclamation Point Internal Punctuation         The Comma         Additional Uses of the Comma               Omitting Commas         The Semicolon         The Colon         Parentheses         The Dash         Quotation Marks         Italics         The Hyphen         The Apostrophe         Numbers         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: Using Correct Punctuation Capitalization         Editing Exercises         Writing Sentences: Using Correct Capitalization         Review Test 11-A: Punctuation         Review Test 11-B: Punctuation Writing Paragraphs: Developing a Paragraph by Cause and Effect   Appendeix A:    A Checklist for the ESL Writer Learning to Use Articles and Quantifiers         Articles (a/an and the)         Quantifiers Problems with Verbs         The Twelve Verb Tenses         Tips for Choosing the Right Tense Learning to Use Verb Phrases Learning to Use Adjectives and Adverbs Common Expressions         Using Used To                 Using When and If         Using Since and For          Using -s and es Problems with Word Order and Unnecessary Words         Adjectives         Adverbs         Repetition of the Subject Other Problems with Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation Additional Reference Books for ESL Students   Appendix B:    A Brief Guide for Avoiding Errors in Grammar and Usage   A Glossary of Usage A Glossary of Grammatical Terms Answers to Selected Exercises Credits Index