Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization
Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization
... COMMON USAGE ERRORS Lesson 26 Problems with Capitalization “Oh! yes—I understand you perfectly.” “I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is piti- ... 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...
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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- ... lose my keys and wait for my mother to come home. present present SAME TENSE : I lost my keys and waited for my mother to come home. past past PROBLEMS WITH VERBS 175 Lesson 22 Pr...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Pronouns
... 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 (not he). Maura and him form a compound ... “Mollie and me,” NOT “me and Mollie.”) PROBLEMS WITH PRONOUNS 193 Lesson 24 Problems with Pronouns Say: Mr. Foster gave Mollie. Mr. Foster gave me. Mr. Foster gave Mollie...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Sentence Structure
... 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 sentence? Answer: A run-on ... pollu- tion problems. COMPLETE SENTENCE : Many states have strict inspection and mainte- nance programs to control car exhaust emis- sions, which have contributed to serious air pollution p...
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... This Book Grammar and Usage for Better Writing is a basic workbook that can provide a founda- tion for further study in English grammar and usage. It will benefit students who are learn- ing the ... book please specify: Either R 798 W or GRAMMAR AND USAGE FOR BETTER WRITING Please visit our Web site at www.amscopub.com ISBN 1-5 676 5-1 1 7-8 NYC Item 5676...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs
... 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 astonishment ... 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-...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition
... 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 ... pro- fessional cycling. In that sport he has excelled as national and world cham- pion, as Olympian, and as record-tying five-time winner of the Tour de France. He is surely one of th...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Compound Verbs
... surprised V. and amused the 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. ... 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 th...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns
... Jamie was in the driveway washing her car with a hose and a few sponges. 7. George went back through the swinging-door into the kitchen and untied Nick and the cook. (Ernest Hemingway) 8. New York ... 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 on...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Prepositions
... PREP. PHR. (The prepositional phrase with a pen begins with the preposition with and ends with the noun pen. The noun pen is the object of the preposition with. ) A word that modifies the object ... 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...
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