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  1. Index possessive pronouns, 91 •A• practice, 92–95 articles, 182–183 abbreviations, capitalization, 118–119 as, 256 academia, capitalization, 115–116 addresses, commas, 70–71 adjectives •B• about, 189 versus adverbs, 179–181 bad, 181–182, 207 answers, 184–187 badly, 181–182 practice, 180–183 best, 207 adverbs better, 207 about, 189 between, 257 versus adjectives, 179–181 business, capitalization, 115–116 answers, 184–187 practice, 180–183 affect, 255 •C• almost, 189 among, 257 can, 15 amount, 257 capitalization answers abbreviations, 118–119 adjectives, 184–187 about, 113 adverbs, 184–187 academia, 115–116 apostrophes, 96–99 answers, 121–124 capital letters, 121–124 business, 115–116 commas, 76–80 company names, 115–116 comparisons, 211–214, 222–225 education, 115–116 descriptions, 199–203 geographic capitals, 117–118 grammar, 281–291 headline style, 116 parallel structure, 237–241 literary works, 116–117 pronoun cases, 135–140 media works, 116–117 pronouns, 43–47, 150–154 names, 113–115 punctuation, 87–89 practice, 114–120 quotation marks, 108–112 scientific works, 116–117 sentences, 59–63, 251–254 sentence style, 116 subject-verb pairing, 30–34 titles, 113–115 verb moods, 172–175 choppy sentences, 245–246 verb tenses, 161–165 college, grammar and, 1 verbs, 17–21 colons, 85 word traps, 263–266 comma splice, 273 apostrophes commas about, 91 about, 67 answers, 96–99 addresses, 70–71 contractions, 91–93 answers, 76–80 possession, 93–94 dates, 70–71
  2. 294 English Grammar Workbook For Dummies commas (continued) commas, 73–74 descriptions, 73–74 dangling, 194–196 direct address, 69–70 misplaced, 192–194 interrupters, 71–72 practice, 190–198 introductory expressions, 71–72 vague, 196–197 lists, 67–69 descriptive grammar, 1 practice, 68–75 direct addresses, commas, 69–70 semicolons and, 68 direct quotations, 101–103 common expressions, 258–260 distancing, quotation marks, 101 companies dividers, 81–82 name capitalization, 115–116 double comparisons, 219–221 pronouns, 143–144 double meanings, 40–42 comparative comparisons, 205–207 comparisons •E• about, 205, 215 absolute, 208–209 education, capitalization, 115–116 answers, 211–214, 222–225 effect, 255 comparative, 205–207 embedding one quotation inside another, double, 219–221 103–105 -er ending, 205–207 endmarks, sentences, 49, 55–56 -est ending, 205–207 English as second language, 2 illogical, 217–219 English teachers, 1–2 incomplete, 215–217 enough is enough, over-correction, 271 irregular, 207–208 -er ending, comparison, 205–207 practice, 206–210, 216–221 -est ending, comparison, 205–207 superlative, 205–207 even, 189 complete sentences, 56–57 complete thoughts, sentences, 51–52 complicated sentence structure, 270 •F• computer grammar checking, 275 computer spell checking, 275 farther, 255 conjunctions, parallel structure, 234–236 fewer, 257 connectors, 81–82 functional grammar, 1 contractions further, 255 apostrophes, 91–93 future perfect tense, 11 versus possessive pronouns, 38–39 future tense verbs, 9 could, 15 •G• •D• geographic capitalization, 117–118 dangling descriptions gerunds, 158 about, 194–196 good, 181–182, 207 over correction, 270–271 grammar dangling modifiers, 194 answers, 281–291 dashes, 82–83 mistakes, 277–291 dates, commas, 70–71 practice, 277–280 descriptions value of, 1 about, 189 answers, 199–203
  3. 295 Index like, 256 •H• lists, commas, 67–69 literary works capitalization, 116–117 had, 269 have, 270 headline style capitalization, 116 •M• helper verbs, 15–16 hyphenated owners, apostrophes, 94 many, 257 hyphens, 81–82 may, 15 media works capitalization, 116–117 might, 15 •I• misplaced descriptions, 192–194 money, 94 I capitalization, 273 more than, 257 I versus me overcorrection, 270 most, 205 illogical comparisons, 217–219 much, 257 imperative verb mood, 168–169 must, 15 imply, 256 improper references, pronoun, 146–148 incomplete comparisons, 215–217 •N• incomplete sentences, 273 independent words, 261 name capitalization, 113–115 indicative verb mood, 167–168 nearly, 189 infer, 256 new words, 274 infinitives, 10, 11, 158 not, 189 -ing nouns, 132–133 nouns, plural, 23–24 interrupters, comma, 71–72 number, 257 introductory elements, sentences, 243–245 introductory expressions, commas, 71–72 irregular comparisons, 207–208 •O• irregular nouns, 23 irregular plural owners, apostrophes, 93 object pronouns, 127–129 irregular verbs objects of prepositions, 131–132 forms, 12–14 only, 189 practice, 13, 14 open style punctuation, 67 organization pronouns, 143–144 over-correction •J• about, 269 complicated sentence structure, 270 joining sentences, 52–55 dangling descriptions, 270–271 joint ownership, apostrophes, 93 enough is enough, 271 just, 189 had, 269 have, 270 I versus me, 270 •L• semicolons, 271 speaking passively, 270 lay, 260 they and their, 271 least, 205 whom for who, 269 less, 257 writing passively, 270 lie, 260
  4. 296 English Grammar Workbook For Dummies tenses, 10 •P• verb moods, 167–171 verb tenses, 156–160 pairing, subject-verb verbs, 260–262 answers, 30–34 word traps, 256, 258–260 matching, 26–28 present perfect tense, 11 practice, 25–29 present tense verbs, 9, 157–158 sentences, 49–51 progressive verbs, 9 subjects, 24–26 pronoun cases verbs, 24–26 about, 127 parallel structure answers, 135–140 about, 229–231 to be sentences, 130–131 answers, 237–241 -ing nouns, 132–133 conjunctions, 234–236 object pronouns, 127–129 person, 232–234 objects of prepositions, 131–132 practice, 230–236 practice, 128–134 tense, 232–234 reflexive pronouns, 128 voice, 232–234 self pronouns, 128 participles, verb tenses, 158 subject pronouns, 127–129 past perfect tense, 11 who, 129–130 past tense verbs, 9, 155–157 whom, 129–130 perfect tenses, 11–12 pronouns person, parallel structure, 232–234 about, 35, 141 plain tense, 9 answers, 43–47, 150–154 plural nouns, 23–24 companies, 143–144 plural owner, apostrophes, 93 versus contractions, 38–39 plural pronouns, 35–37 correct use, 274 possessive pronouns, 37–39 double meanings, 40–42 possessives improper references, 146–148 apostrophes, 93–94 organizations, 143–144 pronouns, 141–143 plural, 35–37 practice possessive, 37–38, 141–143 adjectives, 180–183 practice, 36–37, 142–149 adverbs, 180–183 singular, 35–37 apostrophes, 92–95 that, 144–145 capital letters, 114–120 which, 144–145 commas, 68–75 who, 144–145 comparisons, 206–210, 216–221 proofreading, 275 descriptions, 190–198 punctuation grammar, 277–280 about, 81 irregular verbs, 13, 14 answers, 87–89 parallel structure, 230–236 colons, 85 perfect tenses, 11–12 connectors, 81–82 pronoun cases, 128–134 dashes, 82–83 pronouns, 36–37, 142–149 dividers, 81–82 punctuation, 82–86 hyphens, 81–82 quotation marks, 102–107 practice, 82–86 sentences, 50–58, 244–250 semicolons, 84 subject-verb pairing, 25–29
  5. 297 Index set, 260 •Q• should, 15 similar words, 255–256 quantity words, 257 singular owner, apostrophes, 93 quotation marks singular pronouns, 35–37 about, 101, 274 sit, 260 answers, 108–112 slang, 274 direct quotations, 101–103 speaker tags, quotation marks, 102 distancing, 101 speaking passively, 270 embedding one quotation inside another, style manuals, 113 103–105 subject pronouns, 127–129 practice, 102–107 subject-verb pairing speaker tags, 102 answers, 30–34 titles, 101, 105–106 matching, 26–28 practice, 25–29 •R• sentences, 49–51 subjunctive verb mood, 169–170 such as, 256 redundancy, sentences, 248–250 superlative comparisons, 205–207 reflexive pronouns, 128 repetition, 275 reversed sentence patterns, 247–248 •T• run-on sentences, 273 tenses. See verb tenses •S• that, 144–145 their, 271 they, 271 scientific works, capitalization, 116–117 time, 94 self pronouns, 128 titles semicolons capital letters, 113–115 about, 84 quotation marks, 101, 105–106 lists, 68 to be over-correction, 271 about, 13–14 sentences sentences, 130–131 about, 49, 243 to have, 13–14 answers, 59–63, 251–254 choppy, 245–246 complete, 56–57 •V• complete thoughts, 51–52 endmarks, 49, 55–56 vague descriptions, 196–197 introductory elements, 243–245 verb moods joining, 52–55 about, 167 practice, 50–58, 244–250 answers, 172–175 redundancy, 248–250 imperative, 168–169 reversed sentence patterns, 247–248 indicative mood, 167–168 style, 116 practice, 167–171 subject-verb pair, 49–51 subjunctive mood, 169–170 separate ownership, apostrophes, 94
  6. 298 English Grammar Workbook For Dummies verb tenses •W• about, 9, 155 answers, 161–165 well, 181–182 future perfect, 11 which, 144–145 gerunds, 158 who, 129–130, 144–145 infinitives, 158 whom, 129–130, 269 parallel structure, 232–234 word traps participles, 158 about, 255 past, 155–157 answers, 263–266 past perfect, 11 common expressions, 258–260 practice, 10, 156–160 independent words, 261 present, 157–158 practice, 256, 258–260 present perfect, 11 quantity words, 257 verbs similar words, 255–256 about, 9 verbs, 260–261 answers, 17–21 worse, 207 helpers, 15–16 worst, 207 irregular verb forms, 12–14 would, 15 matching with subjects, 26–28 writing passively, 270 practice, 260–262 word traps, 260–261 voice, parallel structure, 232–234
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