Improve Your Grammar: The Essential Guide to Accurate Writing

✍ Scribed by Mark Harrison; Vanessa Jakeman; Ken Paterson

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 162
• Edition: Second Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Based on an analysis of students' writing, this book identifies the areas in which mistakes are typically made. It provides you with clear, jargon-free explanations; examples of common errors and their corrections; easy-to-use practice exercises with answers; tips and key advice; and a realistic academic context across a range of subject areas.Fully revised throughout, this new edition features advice on compiling CVs and cover letters. Presented in an accessible, flick-through format, it is ideal for students attending or planning to attend university or college.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Introduction
How to use this book
Key terms
1 Parts of speech
2 Parts of a sentence
Key grammar
3 Singular or plural subjects and verbs
4 Correct tense formation
5 Using more than one verb tense
6 Modal verbs
7 Using the passive
8 Direct and indirect questions
9 Conditionals (If …)
10 Time words and phrases
11 Emphasising
12 Negative words and phrases
13 Gerunds and infinitives
14 Articles: a/an, the
15 Relative clauses: who, which, that, etc.
16 Comparing and contrasting
17 Describing similarities and differences
18 Using noun phrases
Key punctuation
19 Commas (1): correct uses
20 Commas (2): incorrect uses
21 Colons and semicolons
22 Hyphens, dashes and brackets
23 Apostrophes
24 Inverted commas
25 Capital letters
Connections within sentences
26 Linking: contrasting
27 Linking: adding
28 Linking: causes
29 Linking: results
30 Signposting
31 Using pronouns correctly
32 Avoiding repetition of words
Producing good sentences
33 Parallel structures
34 Participles
35 Incomplete sentences
36 Avoiding long and disorganised sentences
37 Avoiding too many short sentences
38 Building successful long sentences
Features of writing
39 Generalising
40 Qualifying a statement
41 Giving a definition
42 Introducing an example
43 Citing
44 Paraphrasing
45 Incorporating data
46 Formal language (1)
47 Formal language (2)
48 The language of argument
Using the right words
49 Using adverbs
50 Using prepositions (1)
51 Using prepositions (2)
52 Creating longer words
53 Using single words for impact
54 Using phrasal verbs
55 Commonly misused words
56 Commonly confused words – homonyms
57 Key spelling rules
58 Common spelling mistakes
59 Writing an email to your tutor
60 Covering letters and CVs
Key
Index