basic grammar and usage

... being a classroom text, Basic Grammar and Usage can be used in writing labs and for individual tutoring. Many people have shared in the preparation of Basic Grammar and Usage. I wish in particular ... copies of Basic Grammar and Usage reached Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1975, the text had already been used by more than 1,500 students in nearly a dozen schools. Ba...

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... waste a good part of our lives standing in lines. 2 In the morning, we stand in line to get a bus. 3 At noon, we stand in cafeteria lines. 4 In the library, we stand in line to borrow or return ... or return a book. 5 At the supermarket, we stand in checkout lines. 6 In the post office, we stand in line to mail a package, and in the bank we stand in line to wait for the teller to help...

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... predicate is Was Andy angry? QUESTION 1: About whom is the sentence asking something? ANSWER : Andy. The subject is Andy. QUESTION 2: What is the sentence asking about Andy? ANSWER : Was Andy angry? The ... Edition By Harold Levine Text and cover design: Nesbitt Graphics, Inc. Composition: Nesbitt Graphics, Inc. When ordering this book please specify: Either R 798 W or GRAMMAR AND USA...

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... gently toward his chin. Curious, Gulliver bent his eyes downward and saw that it was a six-inch human, armed with bow and arrow, and followed by about forty similar creatures. So loud did Gulliver ... cases, however, as in II and III that follow, we must make a change in the adjective before adding ly. II. If an adjective ends in ic, add al before adding ly. basic + al + ly = basica...

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... subject and a compound verb? Answer: Yes. Here is an example: Cindy and Luke compound subject compound verb sang and danced. runs but uses read or watch moaned, whistled, and howled stumbled and ... was Ellen’s, and the handwriting was ______________, too. EXERCISE 2. Find the pronoun ( PRON .) and its antecedent ( ANTECED .), and write them in the spaces at the right. Samples...

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... snow is predicted. Did Terry and Mallika agree with you? 1. Vermont and New Hampshire are next to each other. Terry and Mallika Rain or snow 2. Are onions, lettuce, and carrots on your shopping ... connected by and, give us the compound subject Erin and Sean. 2. Nickels, dimes, or quarters . compound subject verb Nickels is a subject of the verb may be deposited. So, too, are dimes...

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