Pocket Guide to Correct Grammar
Correct grammar is more than a set of conventionally accepted rules; it's a reflection of clear thinking. Here are the rules of English grammar with insights into their underlying logic. For many years, Barron's Pocket Guides have served high school and college students, as well as business professionals and others, as reliable fast-reference books filled with easy-to-locate information pertaining to all practical aspects of language use. The new editions are attractively designed and...
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back cover BARRON’S POCKET GUIDE TO CORRECT GRAMMAR Fourth Edition Here’s a handy desk reference for home, office, and classroom. Correct grammar is more than a set of conventionally accepted rules; it’s a reflection of clear thinking. Here are the rules of English grammar with insights into their underlying logic and up-to-date examples of correct word usage.
PrefacevThe Word11.The Noun12.The Pronoun73.The Verb164.The Adjective and the Adverb275.The Verbal336.Prepositions and Conjunctions377.Sentence Connectors408.The Interjection41The Sentence and Its Parts429.The Subject and the Predicate42Sentence Errors6510.Sentence Fragments6511.The Comma Fault6712.The Fused Sentence68Logic and Clarity7013.Agreement of Subject and Verb7014.Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent8015.Faulty Pronoun Reference8516.Case8917.Dangling Modifiers9618.Misplaced Modifiers10119.Split Constructions10620.Faulty Comparison11221.Omission of Necessary Words115Emphasis, Consistency, and Appropriateness11922.Emphasis11923.Consistency12924.Variety132Punctuation13525.Terminal Punctuation13526.The Comma13627.Misuse of the Comma14428.The Semicolon14529.The Colon14730.The Em Dash14831.The En Dash14832.The Hyphen14933.The Apostrophe15034.Parentheses and Brackets15035.Quotations and Quotation Marks15136.Italics156Wordiness15837.Avoiding Wordiness158Glossary of Words and Phrases Frequently Misused161Which Prepositions go with which Verbs?179A Brief Glossary of Basic Grammatical Terms183Conjugations and Principal Parts192
