Learning english skills through word processing (2nd ed )

INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. i

GRAMMAR

Topics 1 5

I. SUBJECTS AND VERBS...................................................................................................... 2

Subjects and Verbs n Find the Subject n Find the Verb n Action Verbs
Linking Verbs n Prepositional Phrases n Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases

II. COMPLETE SENTENCES.................................................................................................. 16

Fragments n Phrases and Clauses n Independent and Dependent Clauses
Correcting Fragments n Hints on Proofreading for Fragments

III. RUN-ON SENTENCES......................................................................................................... 32

What are Run-on Sentences? n Correcting Run-on Sentences
Words that Often Lead to Run-on Sentences

IV. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT........................................................................................ 48

Making Subjects and Verbs Agree n Compound Subjects n Verbs Separated from Subjects
Pronouns n Indefinite Pronouns n Eitheror Neithernor n There Sentences

V. PRONOUNS............................................................................................................................... 64

Choosing the Right Pronoun n Using Subject Pronouns n Using Object Pronouns
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement n General Nouns n Collective Nouns n Indefinite Pronouns

PUNCTUATION

Topics 6 8

VI. COMMAS................................................................................................................................. 78

Comma Rules 1-3 n Comma Rules 4-6

VII. APOSTROPHES.................................................................................................................... 92

Possessive Apostrophes: Singular Nouns n Possessive Apostrophes: Plural Nouns n Contractions

VIII. OTHER PUNCTUATION MARKS.................................................................................... 102

Period n Question Mark n Exclamation Point n Colon n Semicolon n Hyphens n Dashes
Parentheses n Quotation Marks

MECHANICS

Topics 9 10

IX. CAPITALIZATION................................................................................................................ 114

Capitalization Rules

X. USING NUMBERS IN WRITING....................................................................................... 124

Rules for Expressing Numbers

WORDUSAGE

Topics 11 13

XI. COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS................................................................................. 134

Words Commonly Confused

XII. PROBLEM WORDS............................................................................................................ 146

Meaning Determines Usage

XIII. MORE PROBLEM...