Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Sentence Structure

... fast-food restaurant. Run-on Sentences Writing sentence fragments is a serious error. Writing run-on sentences is an equally serious error. Question: What is a run-on sentence? Answer: A run-on sentence ... earphones on. PROBLEMS WITH SENTENCE STRUCTURE 167 We have focused on sentences in this lesson—types of sentences and how to form them, as well as those troubling sentence fragments and run-on sentences. ... outside, let’s go for a run. Change Run-on Sentences to Compound and Complex Sentences Some run-on sentences can be corrected by adding an appropriate connecting word. RUN - ON SENTENCE : Video...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Capitalization

... capitalized.) Titles Gone with the Wind, Better Homes and Gardens, “The Night the Ghost Got In” (Note: Articles—a, an, the—prepositions, and conjunctions are not capitalized unless they occur ... king 3. english and history 8. grandma and aunt louise 4. the planet saturn 9. in the southwest near phoenix 5. fourth of july holiday 10. fire island national seashore 218 COMMON USAGE ERRORS ... oversees our national forests. 8. i saw venus and jupiter in the sky at twilight on labor day. 9. the first two books of the old testament are genesis and exodus. PROBLEMS WITH CAPITALIZATION 219...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Nouns

... problems with nouns. The first is forming plurals. The second is forming possessives. When you have to form plural possessives, you are faced with both problems. This lesson provides some ex- ... lose my keys and wait for my mother to come home. present present SAME TENSE : I lost my keys and waited for my mother to come home. past past PROBLEMS WITH VERBS 175 Lesson 22 Problems with Verbs ... written Forms of have and of be and do are often used as helping verbs: has left, were chosen, do agree. PROBLEMS WITH VERBS 179 EXERCISE 2. In each sentence, underline the correct form of the...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Problems with Pronouns

... Mollie and me form a compound indirect OBJECT. Go with Maura and him (not he) to the flea market. Say: Go with Maura. Go with him. Go with Maura and him (not he). Maura and him form a compound ... “Mollie and me,” NOT “me and Mollie.”) PROBLEMS WITH PRONOUNS 193 Lesson 24 Problems with Pronouns Say: Mr. Foster gave Mollie. Mr. Foster gave me. Mr. Foster gave Mollie and me (not I). Mollie and ... Notice that these pronouns are paired. Your choice in a sentence would be between I and me, for example. I is the form used for the subject and me for the object. I watched the Bears game Monday night....

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... This Book Grammar and Usage for Better Writing is a basic workbook that can provide a founda- tion for further study in English grammar and usage. It will benefit students who are learn- ing the ... book please specify: Either R 798 W or GRAMMAR AND USAGE FOR BETTER WRITING Please visit our Web site at www.amscopub.com ISBN 1-5 676 5-1 1 7-8 NYC Item 5676 5-1 1 7-7 Copyright © 2004 by Amsco School ... Clarity and Specificity 126 Varying Sentences 132 Unity 145 Part THREE Common Usage Errors 149 Problems with Sentence Structure 150 Simple Sentences 150 Compound Sentences 151 Complex Sentences...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Adverbs

... Curious, Gulliver bent his eyes downward and saw that it was a six-inch human, armed with bow and arrow, and followed by about forty similar creatures. So loud did Gulliver roar in astonishment ... On a dark and windy night, with brave wife Juana and infant son Coyotito, he sets out on the long, dangerous journey. They have not walked many miles, when, in the dim distance, Kino de- tects ... horseback and two trackers on foot. Across the saddle, a long metal object gleams in the sun. It is a rifle. For the full story of Kino, Juana, and Coyotito, read The Pearl, a fasci- nating short...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Basic Paragraph Composition

... pro- fessional cycling. In that sport he has excelled as national and world cham- pion, as Olympian, and as record-tying five-time winner of the Tour de France. He is surely one of the all-time ... sentences. However, very long paragraphs (say, a page long) often seem forbidding to the reader. Very short ones—one or two sentences—may be used, but only with care. Some- times the one -sentence ... series of one -sentence paragraphs, though, makes your writing disjointed and leaves the reader with the impres- sion that you have not developed your subject. EXERCISE. Write a two-paragraph composition...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Compound Verbs

... was Ellen’s, and the handwriting was ______________, too. EXERCISE 2. Find the pronoun ( PRON .) and its antecedent ( ANTECED .), and write them in the spaces at the right. Samples: Sandra said ... Most of these pronouns change in form, depending on the way they are used in a sentence. On the other hand, the nouns that these pronouns stand for do not change. For example, take the noun George. ... not ex- press action. Amy, in sentence 1, is not a direct object. On the other hand, sentence 2 can have a direct object because it has an action verb; cheered expresses action. Amy, in sentence...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Nouns

... Jamie was in the driveway washing her car with a hose and a few sponges. 7. George went back through the swinging-door into the kitchen and untied Nick and the cook. (Ernest Hemingway) 8. New York ... Plural Nouns Nouns have a singular form and a plural form. The singular is the form that means only one: boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc. The plural is the form that means more than one: boys, ... singular. Sample: grandchildren 1. lamps 2. gentlemen 3. addresses 4. flowers 5. circuses grandchild feet wishes hands NOUNS 29 Rule 3. For most nouns ending in f: Add s to form the plural. belief...

Grammar And Usage For Better Writing - Prepositions

... endless and without hope. Combining Simple Sentences Another use for the conjunctions and, but, and or is to combine simple sentences into compound sentences. Read more about compound sentences ... PREP. PHR. (The prepositional phrase with a pen begins with the preposition with and ends with the noun pen. The noun pen is the object of the preposition with. ) A word that modifies the object ... win and lose.) 4. A conjunction connects pronouns, or a noun and a pronoun: You and she are always on time. PRON. CONJ. PRON. (The conjunction and connects the pronouns You and she.) Alex and...

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