CliffsNotes Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style Quick Review

Inside the Book: Nouns - Verbs - Pronouns - Modifiers - Connecting Words and Phrases - Clauses, Phrases, and Sentences - Common Sentence Errors - Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks - Commas, Semicolons, and Colons - Dashes, Parentheses, and Quotation Marks - Idioms, Clichés, Jargon, and Wordiness - How to Begin a Writing Assignment - How to Research and Organize Your Writing - Revising and Editing - Review Questions - Resource Center - Glossary - Frequently Confused Words Why CliffsNotes? Go with the name you know and trust - Get the information you need-fast! CliffsNotes Quick Rev.

CliffsNotes Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style Quick Review; Table of Contents; Introduction; How This Book Will Help You; How to Use This Book; Hundreds of Practice Questions Online!; Chapter 1 NOUN: PERSON, PLACE, THING, IDEA, OR ACTIVITY; Proper Nouns; Verbs Used as Nouns; Collective Nouns; Singular and Plural Nouns; Possessive Case of Nouns; Agreement of Nouns and Verbs; Chapter 2 VERB: WORD OR PHRASE EXPRESSING ACTION OR STATE OF BEING; Action Verbs and Linking Verbs; Active Voice and Passive Voice; Transitive and Intransitive Verbs; Verbals: Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles.

Forming Verb TensesUsing the Tenses; Moods of the Verb; Problems with Verbs; Chapter 3 PRONOUN: WORD USED IN PLACE OF A NOUN; Pronouns; Pronoun Case; Subjective Case of Pronouns; Objective Case of Pronouns; Choosing Between Subjective Case and Objective Case; Possessive Case of Pronouns; Possessive Pronouns with Gerunds; Pronoun Reference; Pronoun Agreement; Sexism in Pronouns: He or She?; Chapter 4 MODIFIERS: ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, AND COMPOUND MODIFIERS; Modifiers; When to Use Modifiers; Forming the Comparative and Superlative Degrees; Adjectives and Adverbs That Should Not Be Compared.

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