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Good Grammar
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G R A M M A R
BY
Joanne Suter
ISBN 1-56254-597-3
G
G O O D
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ISBN 1-56254-597-3
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CONTENTS
1 GOOD GRAMMAR GLOSSARY 1
(verb,homonym,contraction,possessive,
noun,singular,pronoun,plural)
28 GOOD GRAMMAR GLOSSARY 2
(adjective,adverb,articles,modifiers,
preposition,phrase)
2 HOMONYM HEADACHES: there,they’re,
and their
29 ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB?
30 A PESKY PAIR: Goodand Well
3 HOMONYM HEADACHES: who’s/whose,it’s/its,
you’re/your
31 MISPLACED MODIFIERS
4 THE PROOFREADER: Commonly Confused
Homonyms
32 DANGLING MODIFIERS
33 USING ARTICLES: A,An,and The
5 EXCEPTIONAL ENGLISH: Unusual Plurals 1
34 THE PROOFREADER: Modifier Mistakes
6 EXCEPTIONAL ENGLISH: Unusual Plurals 2
35 AVOIDING DOUBLE NEGATIVES
7 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES: Plural Names
36 GOOD GRAMMAR GLOSSARY 3
(clause,conjunction,compound sentence,
subject,predicate,direct object)
8 TRICKY PLURALS (letters,numbers,signs,
compound words)
9 EXCEPTIONAL ENGLISH: Are Group Nouns
Singular or Plural?
37 EXCEPTIONAL ENGLISH: Irregular Verbs 1
38 EXCEPTIONAL ENGLISH: Irregular Verbs 2
10 THE PROOFREADER: Plural Nouns
39 IT’S A MATCH: Subject-Verb Agreement
11 GOOD GRAMMAR WHEN “IF-ING” AND
“WISHING”
40 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: Tricky
Situations 1
12 PARALLEL STRUCTURE 1: Matching Sentence
Parts
41 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: Tricky
Situations 2
13 PARALLEL STRUCTURE 2: Making Comparisons
Match
42 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: Tricky
Situations 3
14 THE PROOFREADER: Parallel Sentence Parts
43 VERB AGREEMENT WITH A COMPOUND
SUBJECT 1
15 UNNECESSARY PRONOUNS
16 MAKING NOUNS AND PRONOUNS MATCH
44 VERB AGREEMENT WITH A COMPOUND
SUBJECT 2
17 PRONOUN PROBLEMS (Usor We? Them,Those,
or They?)
45 THE PROOFREADER: Choosing Matching Verbs
18 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
46 A PESKY PAIR: Bringand Take
19 IS IT ME?IT IS I!
47 MORE PESKY VERB PAIRS: Lieor Lay,
Sitor Set
20 MISPLACED PRONOUNS
48 SENTENCE SENSE: Is It a Sentence?
21 PRONOUN PROBLEMS: Whoor Whom?
49 SENTENCE SENSE: Fragments in Writing
and Speech
22 THE PROOFREADER: Pronoun Problems
23 MAKING COMPARISONS
50 RUNNING WILD: Run-on Sentences
24 EXCEPTIONAL ENGLISH: Irregular Comparisons
51 SENTENCE SENSE: Building a Sentence
25 DOUBLE COMPARISONS
52 THE PROOFREADER: Sentence Sense
26 THE PROOFREADER: Making Correct
Comparisons
53 VERBS: Activeor Passive?
54 PREPOSITIONS AND THEIR PLACE 1
27 A PESKY PAIR: Amongand Between
55 PREPOSITIONS AND THEIR PLACE 2
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56 PREPOSITIONS AND THEIR PLACE 3
79 THE PROOFREADER: Simply Incorrect
57 THE PROOFREADER: Prepositional Phrases
80 THE COLON: Common Uses
58 GOOD GRAMMAR GLOSSARY 4:
Punctuation Marks (period,exclamation point,
question mark,colon,comma,quotation
marks,semicolon)
81 THE SEMICOLON: Why and When?
82 THE DASH AND THE HYPHEN
83 THE PUNCTUATION PROOFREADER
59 END MARKS
84 PESKY PAIRS: Affect/Effect,Advise/Advice,
Accept/Except
60 COMMAS: In Compound Sentences
61 COMMAS: Between Items in a Series
85 PESKY PAIRS: Angry at/Angry with,
Agree with/Agree to,Prefer to/Prefer over
62 COMMAS: After Introductory Clauses
86 GOOD GRAMMAR GLOSSARY 5: Capitalization
(capitalize,common noun,proper noun,
proper adjective,title)
63 COMMAS: With Appositives and
Nouns of Address
64 COMMAS: With Parenthetical Words
87 TO CAPITALIZE OR NOT TO CAPITALIZE?
65 COMMAS: With Dates and Addresses
88 CAPITALIZATION: Avoiding Confusion
66 COMMAS: For Clarity
89 THE PROOFREADER: Capitalization Challenge
67 COMMAS: With Descriptive Clauses
90 CAPITALIZATION: Proper Adjectives
68 THE PROOFREADER: Comma Usage
91 ABBREVIATIONS
69 PUNCTUATING DIRECT QUOTATIONS 1
92 COMPUTER GRAMMAR: The Spell Checker
70 PUNCTUATING DIRECT QUOTATIONS 2
93 E-MAILS: Grammar Counts!
71 WRITTEN CONVERSATION
94 POLITICALLY CORRECT: Avoiding Gender Bias
72 THE PROOFREADER: A Conversation
95 RECOGNIZING GOOD GRAMMAR: Review 1
73 ONLY WITH FRIENDS: Casual Language
96 RECOGNIZING GOOD GRAMMAR: Review 2
74 INFORMAL LANGUAGE: Idioms 1
97 PROOFREADING CHALLENGE 1
75 INFORMAL LANGUAGE: Idioms 2
98 PROOFREADING CHALLENGE 2
76 SIMPLY INCORRECT 1
99 PROOFREADING CHALLENGE 3
77 SIMPLY INCORRECT 2
100 PROOFREADING CHALLENGE 4
78 GET TO THE POINT!
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