Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style

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Author: Emily Dotson Biggs

ISBN-10: 0764563939

ISBN-13: 9780764563935

Category: English Grammar

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Introduction.Chapter 1: NOUNS.Chapter 2: VERBS.Chapter 3: PRONOUNS.Chapter 4: MODIFIERS: ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS.Chapter 5: PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND INTERJECTIONS.Chapter 6: PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES.Chapter 7: COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS.Chapter 8: PERIODS, QUESTION MARKS, AND EXCLAMATION POINTS.Chapter 9: COMMAS, SEMICOLONS, AND COLONS.Chapter 10: DASHES, PARENTHESES, AND QUOTATION MARKS.Chapter 11: IDIOMS, CLICHES, JARGON, and FADDISH language.Chapter 12: COMPOUND WORDS AND WORDINESS.Chapter 13: PREWRITING: HOW TO BEGIN A WRITING ASSIGNMENT.Chapter 14: PREWRITING: HOW TO RESEARCH AND ORGANIZE.Chapter 15: WRITING.Chapter 16: REVISING AND EDITING.CQR Review.CQR Resource Center.GLOSSARY.Appendix: FREQUENTLY CONFUSED WORDS.Index.