The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation /

Few people can write on the English language with the authority of Bryan A. Garner. The author of The Chicago Manual of Style's popular "Grammar and Usage" chapter, Garner explains the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity. With The Chicago Guide to Grammar, U...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garner, Bryan A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Colección:Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
Temas:
English language > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Grammar.
English language > Grammar > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language > Grammar > Study and teaching (Higher)
English language > Grammar > Study and teaching (Higher).
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General.
Writing guide, Style, English reference, Linguistics, Sentence diagram, Language, Student, Teacher, Copy editing, Parts of speech, Syntax, Word, Usage, Use, Formation, Prose manual, Comprehensive, Chicago Manual of Style, Legal, Elements of style.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. The Traditional Parts of Speech
  • Nouns
  • Traditional Classifications
  • Properties of Nouns
  • Plurals
  • Case
  • Agent and Recipient Nouns
  • Conversions
  • Pronouns
  • Definition and Uses
  • Properties of Pronouns
  • Classes of Pronouns
  • Personal Pronouns
  • Possessive Pronouns
  • Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
  • Demonstrative Pronouns
  • Reciprocal Pronouns
  • Interrogative Pronouns
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Indefinite Pronouns
  • Adjectives
  • Types of Adjectives
  • Articles as Limiting Adjectives
  • Dates as Adjectives
  • Position of Adjectives
  • Degrees of Adjectives
  • Special Types of Adjectives
  • Functional Variation
  • Verbs
  • Definitions
  • Infinitives
  • Participles and Gerunds
  • Properties of Verbs
  • Auxiliary Verbs
  • Adverbs
  • Definition and Formation
  • Simple vs. Compound Adverbs
  • Types of Adverbs
  • Adverbial Degrees
  • Position of Adverbs
  • Prepositions
  • Definition and Types
  • Prepositional Phrases
  • Other Prepositional Issues
  • Limiting Prepositional Phrases
  • Conjunctions
  • Interjections
  • II. Syntax
  • Sentences, Clauses, and Their Patterns
  • The Four Traditional Types of Sentence Structures
  • English Sentence Patterns
  • Clauses
  • Ellipsis
  • Negation
  • Expletives
  • Parallelism
  • Cleft Sentences
  • Traditional Sentence Diagramming
  • Transformational Grammar
  • Overview
  • Base Rules in Transformational Grammar
  • Nouns and Noun Phrases
  • Determiners
  • Noun-Phrase Modifiers
  • Verb Phrases
  • Different Types of Principal Verbs
  • Adverbials
  • Transformations
  • Spotting Ambiguities
  • III. Word Formation
  • Generally
  • IV. Word Usage
  • Introduction
  • Troublesome Words and Phrases
  • Bias-Free Language
  • Prepositional Idioms
  • V. Punctuation
  • The Comma
  • Using Commas
  • Preventing Misused Commas
  • The Semicolon
  • Using Semicolons
  • Preventing Misused Semicolons
  • The Colon
  • Using Colons
  • Preventing Misused Colons
  • Parentheses
  • Using Parentheses
  • Preventing Misused Parentheses
  • The Em-Dash (or Long Dash)
  • Using Em-Dashes
  • Preventing Misused Em-Dashes
  • The En-Dash (or Short Dash)
  • Using En-Dashes
  • Preventing Misused En-Dashes
  • The Hyphen
  • Using Hyphens
  • Preventing Misused Hyphens
  • The Apostrophe
  • Using Apostrophes
  • Preventing Misused Apostrophes
  • Quotation Marks
  • Using Quotation Marks
  • Preventing Misused Quotation Marks
  • The Question Mark
  • Using Question Marks
  • Preventing Misused Question Marks
  • The Exclamation Mark
  • Using Exclamation Marks
  • Preventing Misused Exclamation Marks
  • The Period
  • Using Periods
  • Preventing Misused Periods
  • Brackets
  • Using Brackets
  • Preventing Misused Brackets
  • The Slash (Virgule)
  • Using Slashes
  • Preventing Misused Slashes
  • Bullets
  • Ellipsis Dots
  • Using Ellipsis Dots
  • Preventing Misused Ellipsis Dots
  • Select Glossary
  • Sources for Inset Quotations
  • Select Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Word Index
  • General Index
  • Pronunciation Guide

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