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Grammar Essentials for Dummies
Grammar Essentials For Dummies?(9781119589617) was previously published as? Grammar Essentials For Dummies (9780470618370). While this version features a new? Dummies?cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. For students co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2019.
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| Colección: | --For dummies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Chapter 1 Grasping Grammar Nitty-Gritty; Grammar: What It Is!; The Big Ideas of Grammar; Making the right word choices; Arranging words for optimal understanding; Pinpointing punctuation; Putting Grammar to Work in the Real World; Chapter 2 Making Peace between Subjects and Verbs; Getting Reacquainted with Verbs; Linking verbs: The giant equal sign; Action verbs: The go-getters; Helping verbs: The do-gooders
- Doubling your money: Compound verbsInfinitives: Verb imposters; Identifying Subjects; Getting two for the price of one: Compound subjects; Figuring out you-understood; Finding subjects when words are missing; Grappling with unusual word order; Searching for the subject in questions; Tossing fake subjects aside; Give Peace a Chance: Making Subjects and Verbs Agree; No mixing allowed: Singles and plurals; Verbs that change and verbs that don't; Dealing with negative statements; Cutting through distractions; Coming to an Agreement with Difficult Subjects
- Spotting five little pronouns that break the rulesFinding problems here and there; Meeting the ones, the things, and the bodies; Figuring out either and neither; Chapter 3 Perfecting Your Pronoun Usage; Playing Matchmaker with Pronouns and Nouns; Selecting Singular or Plural Pronouns; Letting your ear be your guide; Treating companies as singular nouns; Steering clear of "person" problems; Getting Possessive with Your Pronouns; Keeping Your Pronouns and Antecedents Close; Pairing Pronouns with Pronoun Antecedents; Wrestling with everybody, somebody, and no one; Following each and every rule
- Examining either and neitherAvoiding Sexist Pronouns; Chapter 4 Constructing a Complete Sentence; Creating Complete Sentences from Complete Thoughts; Locating subject-verb pairs; Not relying on context; Fishing for complements; Banning Fragments from Formal Writing; Enough Is Enough: Avoiding Run-ons; Getting your endmarks in place; Fixing comma splices; Attaching Sentences Legally; Employing coordinate conjunctions; Relying on semicolons; Connecting Unequal Ideas; Giving subordinate clauses a job; Finding homes for your subordinate clauses; Making connections with subordinate conjunctions
- Combining Sentences with PronounsDon't Keep Your Audience Hanging: Removing Danglers; Dangling participles; Dangling infinitives; Chapter 5 Drawing Parallels (Without the Lines); Seeking Balance; Striving for Consistency; Matching verb tenses; Staying active (or passive); Being true to your person; Using Conjunction Pairs Correctly; Constructing Proper Comparisons; Chapter 6 Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons; Spotting Adjectives; Describing nouns and pronouns; Working hand in hand with linking verbs; Recognizing articles as adjectives; Locating adjectives; Hunting for Adverbs