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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... 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, ... (Langston Hughes) soul, rivers 1. Fog forced the airport to close. 2. The fleet has left the Indian Ocean. 3. Mrs. Thorpe has invited two sisters and a brother-in-law to her son’s grad...

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... horseback and two trackers on foot. Across the saddle, a long metal object gleams in the sun. It is a rifle. For the full story of Kino, Juana, and Coyotito, read The Pearl, a fasci- nating short ... 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 roar in as...

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... 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 wasted standing in line. Choice 4, ... students should prepare well for class. Preparing for class helps develop self-discipline. Self-discipline is valuable. It promotes focus and organization. Preparing for class tea...

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... 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 ... a scholarship. PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS 57 Composition Hint Make your writing more interesting and effective by removing unnecessary words. Note how compound subjects, compound indirect...

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... 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 ... 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...

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... capitalized.) Titles Gone with the Wind, Better Homes and Gardens, “The Night the Ghost Got In” (Note: Articles—a, an, the prepositions, and conjunctions are not capi- talized unless they occur at the ... 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 218 COMMON...

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... COMMON USAGE ERRORS Nouns and verbs carry the essential thought of a sentence. These are the bread -and- butter words, the key content words, the power words. Other kinds of words, called modi- fiers, ... 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...

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... 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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... apply for a part-time job in a fast-food 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 ... he care for spinach. (To identify subject and verb, mentally arrange the sentence in sub- ject-verb order: “he does care for spinach.”) EXERCISE 2. Combine each pair of sentences to...

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