Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Building a firm foundation: grammar basics. Tailoring language to suit your audience and purpose ; Identifying the major elements of a sentence ; Having it all: writing complete sentences
  • Clearing up confusing grammar points. Finding the right verb at the right time ; Agreement: choosing singular or plural verbs and pronouns ; Solving pronoun case ; Little words packing a lot of power: prepositions and interjections ; Writing good or well: adjectives and adverbs
  • Mastering mechanics. A hook that can catch you: apostrophes ; "Can I quote you on that?" Quotation marks ; Pausing to consider the comma ; Handling dashes, hyphens, and colons ; Hitting the big time: capital letters ; Writing for electronic media
  • Going above and beyond: the finer points of grammar and style. Going for the gold: the finer points of verb usage ; Identifying clauses and their effects ; Adding style to sentences ; Staying on track: parallel writing ; Steering clear of confusion: clarity ; Dealing with grammar demons
  • Appendix: grabbing grammar goofs.