Correct writing / Eugenia Butler ... [et al.].
Publication details: Lexington, Mass. : D.C. Heath, c1995.Edition: 6th editionDescription: xviii, 482 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0669340731 (student ed.)
- 066934074X (instructor's ed.)
- 9780669340730
- 428.2 20 COR
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Contents
Diagnostic Test
1. The Parts of Speech
Exercise
Nouns and Pronouns
Pronouns
Adjectives and Adverbs
Verbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Review of Parts of Speech
Review of Parts of Speech
2. Recognizing Subjects, Verbs, and Complements
Exercise
Subjects and Verbs
Subjects and Verbs
Direct Objects and Predicate Nouns
Indirect Objects and Objective Complements
Complements
3. Verbals
Exercise
Verbs and Verbals
Gerunds
Participles
Infinitives
Verbals
4. Recognizing Phrases
Exercise
Phrases
Phrases
Phrases
Phrases
Punctuation of Phrases
5. Independent Clauses
Exercise
The Comma Splice and the Run-together Sentence
The Comma Splice and the Run-together Sentence
Punctuation of Independent Clauses
6. Dependent Clauses
Exercise
Clauses
Clauses
Review of Clauses
Clauses
Punctuation of Clauses
Kinds of Sentences
7. The Sentence Fragment
Exercise
The Sentence Fragment
The Sentence Fragment
The Sentence Fragment
8. Tense, Voice, Mood
Exercise
Tense and Mood
Tense and Mood
Two Troublesome Pairs of Verbs
Voice
9. Agreement of Subject and Verb
Exercise
Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
10. Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent
Exercise
Agreement of Pronoun or Possessive Adjective and Antecedent
Agreement of Pronoun or Possessive Adjective and Antecedent
Agreement of Subject, Verb, and Pronoun or Possessive Adjective
11. Reference of Pronouns
Exercise
Reference of Pronouns
Reference of Pronouns
Reference of Pronouns
12. Case of Pronouns
Exercise
Case of Pronouns
Case of Pronouns
Case of Pronouns
Review of Agreement and Case
13. Adjectives and Adverbs
Exercise
Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives and Adverbs
15. Dangling Modifiers
Exercise
Dangling Modifiers
Introductory Modifiers
16. Misplaced Modifiers
Exercise
Misplaced Modifiers
Misplaced Modifiers
17. Parallelism
Exercise
Parallelism
Parallelism
Subordination
Exercise
Subordination
Subordination
Subordination
Subordination
18. Illogical Comparisons and Mixed Constructions
Exercise
Illogical Comparisons and Mixed Constructions
19. Punctuation
Exercise
The Comma
The Comma
The Colon and the Dash
Quotation Marks
Review of Punctuation
Review of Punctuation
20. Mechanics: Capital Letters, Italics, the Apostrophe, the Hyphen, Numbers
Exercise
Capitals
Italics
The Apostrophe
The Hyphen
Review of Mechanics
21. Use of the Dictionary
Exercise
Word Origins
British and American Usage
Plurals
Levels of Usage
General Information
Borrowed Foreign Expressions
22. Diction
Exercise
Diction
Diction
Diction
Diction
Diction
Diction
Diction
Diction
23. Building a Vocabulary
Exercise
Word Analysis: Prefixes
Word Analysis: Suffixes
Word Analysis: Roots
Vocabulary: Prefixes and Suffixes
Vocabulary: Greek and Latin Roots
24. Spelling
Exercise
Spelling
Spelling
Spelling
Paragraph Tests
Sentence-Combining Exercises
Review Tests
Test on Chapters 1--7
Test on Chapters 8--18
Test on Chapters 19--24
Achievement Test
Includes index : p. 481-482
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