Essentials of EnglishPrimarily designed for high school students and college freshmen, this book is also helpful for adults who feel the need to brush up on fine points of language. Covered in this edition are all the essentials of effective communication in English, including grammar, usage, punctuation, and effective writing of papers and resumes. |
Contents
The Pronoun | 8 |
KFunctions of Possessives | 12 |
FTo Set Off Nonrestrictive Elements | 125 |
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Common terms and phrases
action adjectivals adjective Adjectives and Adverbs adverb clause AMBIGUOUS CLEAR antecedent apostrophe auxiliary AWKWARD IMPROVED begin called comma comparison complement confused Control the Verb coordinating conjunctions correct Dangling Modifiers dialects driven Elliptical Clauses emphasis essay example express fallacy Faulty Pronoun Reference finite verb footnotes function gerund phrase harpsichord indefinite pronouns independent clause indicate infinitive phrase John kind linking verb literary logical Mean Joe Green means minor premise nominal normally noun clause noun modifiers noun or pronoun noun phrase Nouns and Pronouns object Omission omitted PARALLEL participle phrase past participle past tense piano play plural form possessive preceding predicate prepositional phrase PRESENT TENSE pumping punctuation purifying station quotation marks reader relationship words relative pronoun Section semicolon Sentence Fragments separate sometimes speaker statement structure subordinating conjunctions superlative form thought topic sentence transitive verb usually verb completion verb form verb modifiers verbal watched word order writing