English Grammar Workbook For DummiesJohn Wiley & Sons, 8 mar 2011 - 312 Get some good grammar practice-and start speaking and writing well Good grammar is important, whether you want to advance your career, boost your GPA, or increase your SAT or ACT score. Practice is the key to improving your grammar skills, and that's what this workbook is all about. Honing speaking and writing skills through continued practice translates into everyday situations, such as writing papers, giving presentations, and communicating effectively in the workplace or classroom. In English Grammar Workbook For Dummies you'll find hundreds of fun problems to help build your grammar muscles. Just turn to a topic you need help with-from punctuation and pronouns to possessives and parallel structure-and get out your pencil. With just a little practice every day, you'll be speaking correctly, writing confidently, and getting the recognition you deserve at work or at school.
English Grammar Workbook For Dummies will empower you to structure sentences correctly, make subject and verbs agree, and use tricky punctuation marks such as commas, semicolons, and apostrophes without fear. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Finding the Right Verb at the Right Time | 7 |
Got a Match? Pairing Subjects and Verbs Correctly | 23 |
Who Is She and What Is It? Pronoun Basics | 39 |
Having It All Writing Complete Sentences | 53 |
Mastering Mechanics | 71 |
A Hook That Can Catch You Apostrophes | 87 |
Let Me Speak Quotation Marks | 97 |
Writing for Electronic Media | 165 |
Upping the Interest Describing and Comparing | 175 |
Going on Location Placing Descriptions Correctly | 187 |
For Better or Worse Forming Comparisons | 201 |
Improving Your Writing Style | 219 |
The Writing Diet Adding Spice and Cutting Fat from Your Sentences | 237 |
Steering Clear of Tricky Word Traps | 247 |
Ten Overcorrections | 261 |
Hitting the Big Time Capital Letters | 107 |
Applying Proper Grammar in Tricky Situations | 117 |
Tensing Up Choosing the Right Verb for Tricky Sentences | 143 |
Are You and Your Verbs in the Right Mood? | 157 |
Grabbing Grammar Goofs | 269 |
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