Correct Writing

, by Butler, Eugenia

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ISBN: 9780669340730 | 0669340731
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/2/1994

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Diagnostic Test

xiii

The Parts of Speech

(30)

Exercise

Nouns and Pronouns

(2)

Pronouns

(2)

Adjectives and Adverbs

(2)

Verbs

(2)

Prepositions

(2)

Conjunctions

(2)

Review of Parts of Speech

(2)

Review of Parts of Speech

(2)

Recognizing Subjects, Verbs, and Complements

(14)

Exercise

Subjects and Verbs

(2)

Subjects and Verbs

(2)

Direct Objects and Predicate Nouns

(2)

Indirect Objects and Objective Complements

(2)

Complements

(2)

Verbals

(14)

Exercise

Verbs and Verbals

(2)

Gerunds

(2)

Participles

(2)

Infinitives

(2)

Verbals

(2)

Recognizing Phrases

(16)

Exercise

Phrases

(2)

Phrases

(2)

Phrases

(2)

Phrases

(4)

Punctuation of Phrases

(2)

Independent Clauses

(12)

Exercise

The Comma Splice and the Run-together Sentence

(2)

The Comma Splice and the Run-together Sentence

(2)

Punctuation of Independent Clauses

(4)

Dependent Clauses

(22)

Exercise

Clauses

(2)

Clauses

(2)

Review of Clauses

(4)

Clauses

101

(2)

Punctuation of Clauses

103

(4)

Kinds of Sentences

107

(2)

The Sentence Fragment

109

(14)

Exercise

The Sentence Fragment

113

(4)

The Sentence Fragment

117

(4)

The Sentence Fragment

121

(2)

Tense, Voice, Mood

123

(20)

Exercise

Tense and Mood

129

(4)

Tense and Mood

133

(4)

Two Troublesome Pairs of Verbs

137

(2)

Voice

139

(4)

Agreement of Subject and Verb

143

(14)

Exercise

Subject-Verb Agreement

149

(2)

Subject-Verb Agreement

151

(2)

Subject-Verb Agreement

153

(2)

Subject-Verb Agreement

155

(2)

Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent

157

(8)

Exercise

Agreement of Pronoun or Possessive Adjective and Antecedent

159

(2)

Agreement of Pronoun or Possessive Adjective and Antecedent

161

(2)

Agreement of Subject, Verb, and Pronoun or Possessive Adjective

163

(2)

Reference of Pronouns

165

(10)

Exercise

Reference of Pronouns

169

(2)

Reference of Pronouns

171

(2)

Reference of Pronouns

173

(2)

Case of Pronouns

175

(14)

Exercise

Case of Pronouns

179

(2)

Case of Pronouns

181

(2)

Case of Pronouns

183

(2)

Review of Agreement and Case

185

(4)

Adjectives and Adverbs

189

(16)

Exercise

Adjectives and Adverbs

195

(2)

Adjectives and Adverbs

197

(4)

Adjectives and Adverbs

201

(4)

Dangling Modifiers

205

(10)

Exercise

Dangling Modifiers

207

(4)

Introductory Modifiers

211

(4)

Misplaced Modifiers

215

(8)

Exercise

Misplaced Modifiers

219

(2)

Misplaced Modifiers

221

(2)

Parallelism

223

(10)

Exercise

Parallelism

227

(4)

Parallelism

231

(2)

Subordination

233

(14)

Exercise

Subordination

237

(4)

Subordination

241

(2)

Subordination

243

(2)

Subordination

245

(2)

Illogical Comparisons and Mixed Constructions

247

(8)

Exercise

Illogical Comparisons and Mixed Constructions

251

(4)

Punctuation

255

(24)

Exercise

The Comma

263

(4)

The Comma

267

(4)

The Colon and the Dash

271

(2)

Quotation Marks

273

(2)

Review of Punctuation

275

(2)

Review of Punctuation

277

(2)

Mechanics: Capital Letters, Italics, the Apostrophe, the Hyphen, Numbers

279

(18)

Exercise

Capitals

287

(2)

Italics

289

(2)

The Apostrophe

291

(2)

The Hyphen

293

(2)

Review of Mechanics

295

(2)

Use of the Dictionary

297

(16)

Exercise

Word Origins

301

(2)

British and American Usage

303

(2)

Plurals

305

(2)

Levels of Usage

307

(2)

General Information

309

(2)

Borrowed Foreign Expressions

311

(2)

Diction

313

(34)

Exercise

Diction

331

(2)

Diction

333

(2)

Diction

335

(2)

Diction

337

(2)

Diction

339

(2)

Diction

341

(2)

Diction

343

(2)

Diction

345

(2)

Building a Vocabulary

347

(24)

Exercise

Word Analysis: Prefixes

355

(4)

Word Analysis: Suffixes

359

(4)

Word Analysis: Roots

363

(2)

Vocabulary: Prefixes and Suffixes

365

(2)

Vocabulary: Greek and Latin Roots

367

(4)

Spelling

371

(14)

Exercise

Spelling

379

(2)

Spelling

381

(2)

Spelling

383

(2)

Paragraph Tests

385

(16)

Sentence-Combining Exercises

401

(36)

Review Tests

437

(28)

Test on Chapters 1--7

437

(6)

Test on Chapters 8--18

443

(10)

Test on Chapters 19--24

453

(6)

Achievement Test

459

(6)

Glossary of Grammatical Terms

465

(16)

Index

481

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