Basic English Grammar Workbook For Dummies with Online Practice Quizzes

Geraldine Woods is a grammarian and the author of more than 50 books. An experienced educator with a gift for helping students realize their potential and learn difficult subjects, Woods’ friendly style and humor make learning easy for everyone.

• Introduction 1Part 1: Mastering the Basics 7Chapter 1: Tailoring Language to Suit Your Audience and Purpose 9Chapter 2: Noticing Nouns and Perfecting Pronouns 17Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted with Verbs 31Chapter 4: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives and Adverbs 47Chapter 5: Packing Plenty of Power: Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections 63Part 2: Creating Correct Sentences 73Chapter 6: Digging Deeper into Verb Tense 75Chapter 7: Tackling Subjects, Objects, and Complements 85Chapter 8: Having It All: Writing Complete Sentences 99Part 3: Perfecting Punctuation and Capitalization 113Chapter 9: Catching Up on Apostrophes, Hyphens, and Dashes 115Chapter 10: Pausing to Consider the Comma 129Chapter 11: “Can I Quote You on That?” Quotation Marks 145Chapter 12: Hitting the Big Time: Capital Letters 155Part 4: Grammar in Action 165Chapter 13: Texting, Emailing, and Posting 167Chapter 14: Stacking Ideas: Numbered Steps and Bulleted Lists 179Chapter 15: Writing at School and at Work 191Part 5: Getting the Details Right 201Chapter 16: Taming Tricky Words 203Chapter 17: Avoiding Common Mistakes 215Chapter 18: Sharpening Your Verb Skills 231Chapter 19: Mastering Picky Pronouns and Avoiding Confusing Comparisons 245Chapter 20: Putting the Right Letters in the Right Place: Spelling 255Index 269

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