Grammar and usage for better writing_4 pptx
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs
... 2. Altogether there are twenty-nine adverbs in the above passage. Adverbs 1–5 and the words they modify are shown as samples. List the remaining twenty-four adverbs and the words they modify, including ... where are adverbs. If our reporter had answered the above questions by using some adverbs for exam- ple, if he or she had said, “It snowed heavily yesterday upstate,” we would...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition
... town. 256 BASIC PARAGRAPH COMPOSITION Now write your two -paragraph composition. 234 BASIC PARAGRAPH COMPOSITION A clincher sentence drives home the point that the paragraph is making. Not all paragraphs ... without my contact lenses. a. b. 254 BASIC PARAGRAPH COMPOSITION 231 Part Four Basic Paragraph Composition Just as words form sentences, so sentences form p...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Compound Verbs
... Combinations Pronouns and nouns may be combined to form compound subjects, compound indirect objects, and compound direct objects. Corey and I attended. ( COMPOUND SUBJECT ) compound S. Peter showed Corey and ... a scholarship. PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS 57 Composition Hint Make your writing more interesting and effective by removing unnecessary words. Note how compound...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns
... Interstate 99 and the roads feeding into it. COMMON NOUNS : PROPER NOUNS : 4. Considerable attention has been given by the press to the pollution of our lakes and rivers. COMMON NOUNS : PROPER NOUNS : 5. ... 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...
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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...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization
... 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 WITH CAPITALIZATION 219 ... 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...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns
... problems with nouns. 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 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 trying...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Pronouns
... market. Say: Go with Maura. Go with him. Go with Maura and him (not he). Maura and him form a compound OBJECT of the preposition with. Note the following correct form: The apples were divided between Tom and ... is courteous to mention the other person first: “Mollie and me,” NOT “me and Mollie.”) PROBLEMS WITH PRONOUNS 193 Lesson 24 Problems with Pronouns 6. (T...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Sentence Structure
... restaurant. Run-on Sentences Writing sentence fragments is a serious error. Writing run-on sentences is an equally serious error. Question: What is a run-on sentence? Answer: A run-on sentence is ... compound sentence using or. 7. Write a simple sentence with a compound verb. 8. Write a complex sentence with two subordinate clauses. 9. Write a sentence with a subordina...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns
... continue it alone. continued REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 65 Lesson 10 Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND PRONOUNS 61 To learn what part of speech a word is, ask ... home? 3. My friends and I will help you. 4. You have no time to lose. 5. Terry will be there. they’re You’re REVIEW OF VERBS, NOUNS, AND P...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Sentence Composition
... House, President Andrew Johnson de- pended on his daughter. She bought two Jersey cows to provide fresh milk and butter for the White House table. 146 SENTENCE COMPOSITION 116 SENTENCE COMPOSITION Lesson ... it into the right-field stands. CLEAR : Andrew got up to bat and sent the ball into the right- field stands. 3. Good sentences have unity. They stick to one general topic in...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - The supbject
... appear in other positions. PREDICATE AFTER THE SUBJECT : The parking lot S. P. PREDICATE BEFORE THE SUBJECT : the parking lot. P. S. PREDICATE PARTLY BEFORE AND PARTLY AFTER THE SUBJECT : Is the parking ... the complete subject of the sentence. Then, above the double line at the right, write the predicate. Samples: SUBJECT PREDICATE The temperature dropped suddenly....
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Grammar and Usage for Better Wirting_8 pptx
... 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 Monday night. (I is the ... Mollie and me (not I). Mollie and me form a compound indirect OBJECT. Go with Maura and him (not he) to the flea market. Say: Go with Maura. Go with him. Go with Maura and him (no...
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Grammar and usage for better writing_4 pptx
... try again. performancefor PREPOSITIONS 99 Composition Hint Sometimes we can express an idea through either an adverb or a prepositional phrase. Handle the glassware carefully. ADV. Handle the glassware ... 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...
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