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Improve Your Punctuation and Grammar ,3rd Edition

✍ Scribed by Marion Field


Publisher
How To Books
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Leaves
177
Edition
3rd edition
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Master the essentials of the English language and write with greater confidence.

✦ Table of Contents


Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Discovering nouns......Page 12
Making use of pronouns......Page 18
Finding out about verbs......Page 23
Checklist......Page 35
Practising what you’ve learnt......Page 36
Analysing the simple sentence......Page 38
Introducing phrases......Page 39
Identifying main clauses......Page 46
Identifying subordinate clauses......Page 48
Practising what you’ve learnt......Page 58
Experimenting with simple sentence......Page 61
Forming compound sentences......Page 63
Checking your commas......Page 66
Forming complex sentences......Page 68
Writing non-sentences......Page 71
Assessing the mood......Page 74
Checklist......Page 75
Practising what you’ve learnt......Page 76
Describing the nouns......Page 77
Comparing adjectives......Page 79
Helping your verbs......Page 87
Comparing adverbs......Page 88
Dealing with other adverbs......Page 92
Checklist......Page 97
Practising what you’ve learnt......Page 98
Experimenting with the semicolon......Page 99
Discovering the dash......Page 102
Looking at brackets......Page 103
Remembering the question mark......Page 104
Avoiding the exclamation mark......Page 105
Practising what you’ve learnt......Page 106
Showing possession......Page 107
Abbreviating words......Page 110
Handling contractions......Page 111
Using acronyms......Page 112
Practising what you’ve learnt......Page 113
Setting out direct speech......Page 114
Using quotations......Page 117
Using titles......Page 118
Changing to indirect speech......Page 119
Checklist......Page 121
Practising what you’ve learnt......Page 122
Making nouns and verbs agree......Page 123
Using pronouns correctly......Page 126
Avoiding tautologies......Page 128
Avoiding malapropisms......Page 129
Checking homophones......Page 131
Checking your spelling......Page 133
Correcting common mistakes......Page 134
Practising what you’ve learnt......Page 138
Structuring a paragraph......Page 139
Summing up......Page 141
Avoiding clichés......Page 142
Choosing your words......Page 143
Varying your style......Page 144
Practising what you’ve learnt......Page 145
Revising the parts of speech......Page 146
Reviewing sentence construction......Page 149
Checking punctuation marks......Page 150
Writing in paragraphs......Page 152
Checklist......Page 153
Concluding the review......Page 154
Using the dictionary......Page 155
Checklist......Page 160
Answers to exercises......Page 161
M......Page 171
S......Page 172
V......Page 173
Further reading......Page 174
H......Page 175
T......Page 176
V......Page 177

✦ Subjects


Языки и языкознание;Английский язык;Грамматика / English Grammar;Синтаксис английского языка / English Syntax;


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