Grammar Usage and Mechanics: Language Skills Practice Fifth CourseHolt Rinehart & Winston, 2001 |
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abbreviations adjective clause ADV for adverb adverb clause African American already correct American antecedent apostrophe asked CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 29 classmates commas COMMON ERRORS pages completes the sentence conjunction correct form CORRECTING COMMON ERRORS dangling modifier direct object E. E. Cummings elliptical clause English Example EXERCISE B Underline favorite following sentences friends gerund Grace Albee GRAMMAR for CHAPTER identify indefinite pronouns independent clauses Langston Hughes Language in Context lines provided MECHANICS for CHAPTER misplaced modifier MODIFIERS CORRECTLY movie noun objective complement paragraph participial phrase past participle person play plural poem predicate adjective predicate nominative Proofreading Application PUNCTUATION pages quotation marks readers Review rewrite sentence is already SENTENCE pages simple subject singular story subordinate clause sure tells tense underlined word USAGE for CHAPTER verb form word group word or word write the correct Writing Application