Grammar usage for better writing docx

... Nesbitt Graphics, Inc. When ordering this book please specify: Either R 798 W or GRAMMAR AND USAGE FOR BETTER WRITING Please visit our Web site at www.amscopub.com ISBN 1-56765-117-8 NYC Item ... 5 or 6. Rule 5. If the letter before y is a vowel, add s to form the plural. SINGULAR PLURAL way + s =ways key + s =keys toy + s =toys Rule 6. If the letter before y is a consonant, change...

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 05:20

... neighbor. Plural Nouns Nouns have a singular form and a plural form. The singular is the form that means only one: boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc. The plural is the form that means more than one: boys, ... are better than tapes. DVDs are better than tapes. 8. Marlo could have scored the winning run. Alex could have scored the winning run. 9. A sensible diet is good for us. Exercise is...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2013, 01:45

... used in its sentence. runsV. adverb clockN. adjective 88 PARTS OF SPEECH Forming Adverbs from Adjectives I. Most adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective. ADJECTIVE ADVERB skillful + ly = ... 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 = basically terrific + al + ly = terrif...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20

... the Paragraph Choices 2 and 4 are better. Choice 2 builds on the hints in the para- graph that the things for which we stand in line are not too important, and it suggests that there are better uses for the time ... first paragraph: the day of the accident. Suggestions for the Second Paragraph 1. Give further details (information). For example, if you are writing about the day yo...

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... troublesome? Answer: Most of these pronouns change in form, depending on the way they are used in a sentence. On the other hand, the nouns that these pronouns stand for do not change. For example, take the noun George. ... noun George does not change in form, whether used as a subject, a di- rect object, or an indirect object. But most pronouns change in form, depending on their use. For...

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... neighbor. Plural Nouns Nouns have a singular form and a plural form. The singular is the form that means only one: boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc. The plural is the form that means more than one: boys, ... are better than tapes. DVDs are better than tapes. 8. Marlo could have scored the winning run. Alex could have scored the winning run. 9. A sensible diet is good for us. Exercise is...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20

... will meet before lunch. V. PREP. N. (The preposition before relates the noun lunch to the verb will meet.) m iiiiij x 2. A letter for you came today. N. PREP. PRON. (The preposition for relates ... late.) Caution: Do not confuse a preposition with an adverb. Compare before in the following pair of sentences: m iij x 1. We met before. V. ADV. (Before is an adverb modifying the verb met.) 5...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20

... a word. In writing contractions, don’t add a letter and don’t change the letters around. Here is an exercise to reinforce your knowledge. EXERCISE 11. Write the correct contraction for each word ... her. 214 COMMON USAGE ERRORS Lesson 26 Problems with Capitalization 15. I hope my cold dis_____p_____ears before the class trip. ___________________ 16. I’ve been stud_____ng for the test...

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... The first is forming plurals. The second is forming possessives. When you have to form plural possessives, you are faced with both problems. This lesson provides some ex- tra practice for both. Plurals ... is, unfortunately, irregular. These are the present tense forms: First Person: I am we are Second Person: you are you are Third Person: he, she, it is they are These are the past tense fo...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2013, 13:20

... and me, for example. I is the form used for the subject and me for the object. I watched the Bears game Monday night. (I is the subject of the verb watched.) Steve told me about the surprise party for ... the correct possessive pronoun form in parentheses. 1. The idea for improving the lunchroom is (theirs, their’s). 2. The Joneses own the Honda; (ours, our’s) is the Ford. 3. (Its,...

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