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- 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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