Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Sentence Composition
... 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 a sentence (pages ... SUBJECT : Leah and the twins supported the new cafete- ria regulations. Another way to make your writing flow is to avoid the and I, and we, and they habit. For instance, read the fo...
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... the topic sentence. 242 BASIC PARAGRAPH COMPOSITION Lesson 31 The Clincher Sentence Choices 2 and 4 are better. Choice 2 builds on the hints in the para- graph that the things for which we stand in ... Four Basic Paragraph Composition Just as words form sentences, so sentences form paragraphs. In Part Two, we learned that good sentences are concise, clear, unified, varied, and...
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... 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 ... outside, let’s go for a run. Change Run-on Sentences to Compound and Complex Sentences Some run-on sentences can be corrected by adding an appropriate connecting word. RUN...
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... new cafete- ria regulations. Another way to make your writing flow is to avoid the and I, and we, and they habit. For instance, read the following sentence: They saw the laptop computer, and they ... compared sentences to see which ones were better. We can also use comparison as a writing tool to make sentences more concise, lively, and enjoy- able to read. Consider the fol...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs
... 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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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 ... troublesome? Answer: 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...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns
... 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, ... words. For exam- ple, we can say the children’s money (two words) instead of the money belonging to the children (five words). Question: Why does the apostrophe come before the s in ex...
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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 ... 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...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization
... COMMON USAGE ERRORS “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- ful.” —from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice POETRY : ... 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...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns
... right form in sentences in which the verb follows the subject. Here is an example: A tree stands at the front gate. In other sentences, subject-verb agreement is not as simple as in the sentence ... counter and then forgot it. 15. An Abyssinian cat and a Himalayan cat (are, is) pictured on a single United States stamp. 188 COMMON USAGE ERRORS Nouns and verbs carry the essential thoug...
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