grammar usage for style and clarity
Hungry Minds Cliffs Quick Review Writings Grammar Usage and Style
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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, ... thieves wolf wolves But not in a name: Mr. Wolf The Wolfs Rule 4. For three nouns ending in fe—knife, life, and wife: Change f to v and add s to form the plural. knife knives life lives wife wives EXERCISE ... 120 Revising Sentences 121 Clear, Forceful Sentences 123 Conciseness (Economy) 123 Clarity and Specificity 126 Varying Sentences 132 Unity 145 Part THREE Common Usage Errors 149 Problems with Sentence...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs
... 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 did Gulliver roar in ... SPEECH Forming Adverbs from Adjectives I. Most adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective. ADJECTIVE ADVERB skillful + ly = skillfully brave + ly = bravely In some cases, however, as in II and ... the adjective before adding ly. II. If an adjective ends in ic, add al before adding ly. basic + al + ly = basically terrific + al + ly = terrifically III. If an adjective ends in y, change the y to i and...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition
... (S3) fine time for playing hockey and walking (S4) season when I feel best and most energetic (S5) S6 (the clincher sentence) repeats the thought of the topic sentence in different words and with greater ... 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, building on a hint in ... 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 teaches responsibility....
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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 ... 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. S. D.O. 5. Jonathan ... 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 example, take the noun George....
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns
... 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 means more than one: boys, ... single rule for forming the plural of nouns; there are several. If you memorize the rules and do the exercises carefully, you will be well on your way to spelling plurals correctly. Rule 1. For most...
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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 she.) Alex and ... are and, but, and or. What Kinds of Work Do Conjunctions Do? 1. A conjunction connects nouns: Milk and cheese are dairy products. N. CONJ. N. (The conjunction and connects the nouns milk and...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization
... 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 USAGE ERRORS ... lucrezia; bear with me for once: sit down and all shall happen as you wish. you turn your face, but does it bring your heart? —Robert Browning, “Andrea del Sarto” 220 COMMON USAGE ERRORS 2. “do ... to spell a great many words correctly. 1. Ei, Ie. Put i before e except after c, or when sounded like a as in neighbor and weigh. i before e: believe, chief, niece, field, shield except after...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns
... 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 couple of usage concerns. Adjectives ... 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 your hand at Exercises 1 through ... There aren’t hardly any sandwiches left. One: There are hardly any sandwiches left. One: There are almost no sandwiches left. 190 COMMON USAGE ERRORS These are the past tense forms: I had we had you...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Pronouns
... 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 (not he). Maura and ... pen pal in Bosnia wrote a long letter to Karin and (I, me). 19. We saw Marisol and (he, him) in the stands at the baseball game. 20. (Him and I, He and I) went on a rafting trip on the Nantahala...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Sentence Structure
... invitations. 9. When buses are delayed, students are usually late for school. 10. Disneyland and Hollywood are popular places to visit in California. EXERCISE 6. Combine each pair of sentences to make ... sound, too. 164 COMMON USAGE ERRORS We have focused on sentences in this lesson—types of sentences and how to form them, as well as those troubling sentence fragments and run-on sentences. The ... gems. 7. When a duck and her five ducklings waddled across the street. 8. Four runners standing in the starting line. 168 COMMON USAGE ERRORS 6. An electric guitar in one corner and an amplifier...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Review of Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns
... ___________________. L.V. 4. Ice becomes ___________________. L.V. 5. Rembrandt and Picasso were ___________________. L.V. 6. Iceland and Greenland are ___________________. L.V. In the exercise you have just ... and we called to them in a friendly way, but they were watchful and suspicious. Answer: Eight. EXERCISE 3. For each singular noun below, write (a) the plural and (b) the letter of the rule for ... husky, and 3. rough-coated modify the noun dogs; 4. the modifies the noun farmhouse; 5. a and 6. friendly modify the noun way; 7. watchful and 8. suspicious modify the pronoun they. Note: The, a, and...
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Sentence Composition
... strong forehand, and he or she must have a dependable backhand. 2. The forty-first president of the United States, George H. Bush, is the father of the forty-third president, George W. Bush, and ... with potato chips, and an apple for lunch. b. For lunch, I ordered a cheese sandwich, a bag of potato chips, and an apple. 5. a. Liv had accepted Joel’s invitation to the dance, and she changed ... checked the bus schedule for the time of departure from Orlando and when the bus arrives at Tampa. b. I checked the bus schedule for the time of departure from Orlando and time of arrival at Tampa. 2....
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Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - The supbject
... waiting for us. The predicate is Was Andy angry? QUESTION 1: About whom is the sentence asking something? ANSWER : Andy. The subject is Andy. QUESTION 2: What is the sentence asking about Andy? ANSWER : ... the road, and smashed into a telephone pole. (Skidded, left, and smashed express physical action.) 2. Verbs that express mental action—action that takes place in the mind and therefore cannot ... You would probably say: It doesn’t matter. In informal conversation, we tend to use contractions. For example, we combine does with not, forming the contraction doesn’t. Note that not, the...
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Writing grammar usage and style - Hướng dẫn viết tiếng Anh chính xác và chi tiết
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