Grammar and Usage for Better Wirting 8 pptx
Grammar and Usage for Better Wirting_8 pptx
... below show correct usage:
PROBLEMS WITH VERBS 185
15. Sandra please hand me that hammer
16. On our trip we visited Banff Lake Louise and Jasper
17. The mountain range stark and majestic was outlined ... pronouns are paired. Your choice in a sentence would be between I and
me, for example. I is the form used for the subject and me for the object.
I watched the Bears game Monda...
Grammar and usage for better writing_4 pptx
... Compare before in the following
pair of sentences:
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1. We met before.
V. A DV.
(Before is an adverb modifying the verb met.)
ADJECTIVE WORD MODIFIED
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90 ... modifies a noun is an adjec-
tive. Therefore, long, in sentence 2, is an adjective.
adjective
adverb
ADVERBS 87
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2. They met...
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... 175
Principal Parts of Verbs 177
Agreement of Subject and Verb 181
Troublesome Verb Pairs 185
Problems with Modifiers 189
Adjectives and Adverbs Confused 189
Double Negatives 190
Other Errors 191
iv CONTENTS
We ... 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...
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs
... well
Extremely
82 PARTS OF SPEECH
ADJECTIVE WORD MODIFIED
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90 PARTS OF SPEECH
Lesson
13
Review of
Adjectives
and ... word is 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.
ADJECTIV...
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition
... 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 wasted standing in
line.
Choice 4, building on a hint in ... paragraph and should be
removed.
UNITY IN THE PARAGRAPH 235
Lesson
29
Unity in the
Paragraph
Choices 2 and 4 are better. Choice 2 builds on the hints in the para-
graph that the thin...
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Compound Verbs
... 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:
Sandra said ... audience.
S.
D.O.
2. Have some yogurt and fruit. V.
S.
D.O.
3. Are the snow and ice melting? V.
S.
D.O.
4. The World Wide Web and television V.
provide information and entertainment....
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns
... 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
Here are the singular and plural forms of a few more nouns.
SINGULAR ... 35
8. Does the park have tennis courts?
9. We are four miles from the river.
10. I was talking to a neighbor.
Plural Nouns
Nouns have a singular form and a plural form.
The si...
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Prepositions
... connects the
and .
1. We were warm and comfortable.
The conjunction connects the
and .
2. The meal was delicious but cheap.
The conjunction connects the
and .
3. Jim called at noon and in the ... win and lose.)
4. A conjunction connects pronouns, or a noun and a pronoun:
You and she are always on time.
PRON. CONJ. PRON.
(The conjunction and connects the pronouns You and sh...
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization
... king
3. english and history 8. grandma and aunt louise
4. the planet saturn 9. in the southwest near phoenix
5. fourth of july holiday 10. fire island national seashore
2 18 COMMON USAGE ERRORS
... agriculture oversees our national forests.
8. i saw venus and jupiter in the sky at twilight on labor day.
9. the first two books of the old testament are genesis and exodus.
PROBLEMS...
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns
... adjectives (Lessons 11 and 13) and adverbs
(Lessons 12 and 13)—how they function, how they differ, and how some adverbs are
formed from adjectives. In this lesson, we touch on a couple of usage concerns.
Adjectives ... both.
Plurals of Nouns
Rules for forming plural nouns were given in Lessons 4 (pages 28 34) and 10 (page
63) in Part One. You may wish to review these before tryi...
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