Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Sentence Structure
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 sentence ... earphones on. PROBLEMS WITH SENTENCE STRUCTURE 167 We have focused on sentences in this lesson—types of sentences and how to form them, as well as those troubling sente...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization
... 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 ... 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 USAG...
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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 - 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 ... On a dark and windy night, with brave wife Juana and infant son Coyotito, he sets out on the long, dangerous journey. They have not walked many miles, when, in the dim distance, Kino...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition
... 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 the all-time ... sen- tences. However, very long paragraphs (say, a page long) often seem forbidding to the reader. Very short ones—one or two sentences—may be used, but only with care. Some- times the one -s...
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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 ... 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 n...
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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
... endless and without hope. Combining Simple Sentences Another use for the conjunctions and, but, and or is to combine simple sentences into compound sentences. Read more about compound sentences ... 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 modi...
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