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| Preface | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Exploring | |
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| The Paragraph and the Essay | |
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| Visualizing the Writing Process | |
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| What is Exploring? | |
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| Topic | |
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| Audience | |
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| Purpose | |
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| Exploring Strategies | |
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| Journal and Portfolio Writing | |
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| Developing | |
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| What is Developing? | |
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| Narrow the Topic | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revising and Editing | |
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| What is Revising and Editing? | |
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| Revise for Unity | |
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| Revise for Adequate Support | |
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| Revise for Coherence | |
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| Revise for Style | |
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| Edit for Errors | |
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| Write the Final Draft | |
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| Paragraph Patterns | |
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| Illustration | |
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| What is Illustration? | |
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| The Illustration Paragraph | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revise and Edit an Illustration Paragraph | |
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| Narration | |
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| What is Narration? | |
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| The Narrative Paragraph | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revise and Edit a Narrative Paragraph | |
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| Description | |
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| What is Description? | |
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| The Descriptive Paragraph | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revise and Edit a Descriptive Paragraph | |
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| Process | |
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| What is a Process? | |
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| The Process Paragraph | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revise and Edit a Process Paragraph | |
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| Definition | |
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| What is Definition? | |
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| The Definition Paragraph | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revise and Edit a Definition Paragraph | |
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| Classification | |
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| What is Classification? | |
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| The Classification Paragraph | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revise and Edit a Classification Paragraph | |
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| Comparison and Contrast | |
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| What is Comparison and Contrast? | |
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| The Comparison and Contrast Paragraph | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revise and Edit a Comparison and Contrast Paragraph | |
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| Cause and Effect | |
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| What is Cause and Effect? | |
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| The Cause and Effect Paragraph | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revise and Edit a Cause and Effect Paragraph | |
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| Argument | |
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| What is Argument? | |
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| The Argument Paragraph | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Topic Sentence | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Paragraph Plan | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revise and Edit an Argument Paragraph | |
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| The Essay | |
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| Writing the Essay | |
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| Explore Topics | |
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| The Thesis Statement | |
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| The Supporting Ideas | |
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| The Essay Plan | |
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| The Introduction | |
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| The Conclusion | |
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| The First Draft | |
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| Revising and Editing the Essay | |
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| The Essay Title | |
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| The Final Draft | |
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| Essay Patterns | |
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| The Illustration Essay | |
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| The Narrative Essay | |
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| The Descriptive Essay | |
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| The Process Essay | |
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| The Definition Essay | |
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| The Classification Essay | |
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| The Comparison and Contrast Essay | |
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| The Cause and Effect Essay | |
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| The Argument Essay | |
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| Enhancing Your Writing with Research | |
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| What is Research? | |
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| Research for Academic Writing | |
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| Gathering Information | |
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| Evaluating Sources | |
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| Add a Paraphrase, Summary, or Quotation | |
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| Cite Sources Using MLA Style | |
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| Sample Research Essay Using MLA Style | |
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| The Editing Handbook | |
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| Effective Sentences | |
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| Section Theme | |
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| Popular Culture | |
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| Simple Sentences | |
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| Identify Prepositional Phrases | |
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| Identify Verbs | |
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| Helping Verbs | |
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| Compound Sentences | |
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| Compare Simple and Compound Sentences | |
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| Combine Sentences Using Coordinating Conjunctions | |
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| Combine Sentences Using Semicolons | |
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| Combine Sentences Using Transitional Expressions | |
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| Complex Sentences | |
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| What is a Complex Sentence? | |
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| Use Subordinating Conjunctions | |
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| Use Relative Pronouns | |
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| Use Embedded Questions | |
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| Sentence Variety | |
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| What is Sentence Variety? | |
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| Combine Sentences | |
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| Include a Question, a Quotation, or an Exclamation | |
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| Vary the Opening Words | |
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| Combine Sentences with a Present Participle | |
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| Combine Sentences with a Past Participle | |
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| Combine Sentences with an Appositive | |
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| Common Sentence Errors | |
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| Section Theme | |
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| Psychology | |
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| Fragments | |
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| Fragments | |
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| Run-Ons | |
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| Run-Ons | |
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| Faulty Parallel Structure | |
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| What is Parallel Structure? | |
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| Identify Faulty Parallel Structure | |
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| Problems with Verbs � | |
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| Section Theme | |
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| Political Intrigue | |
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| Present and Past Tenses | |
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| What is Verb Tense? | |
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| The Simple Present Tense | |
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| The Simple Past Tense | |
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| Avoid Double Negatives | |
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| Past Participles | |
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| Past Participles | |
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| The Present Perfect Tense: have/has + Past Participle | |
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| The Past Perfect Tense: had + Past Participle | |
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| The Passive Voice: be + Past Participle | |
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| Other Verb Forms | |
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| Problems with Progressive Forms ( -ing Verbs) | |
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| Nonstandard Forms: gonna, gotta, wanna | |
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| Problems with Conditional Forms | |
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| Nonstandard Forms: would of, could of, should of | |
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| Verb Agreement and Consistency | |
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| Section Theme | |
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| College Life | |
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| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| Basic Subject-Verb Agreement Rules | |
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| More Than One Subject | |
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| Special Subject Forms | |
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| Verb Before the Subject | |
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| Interrupting Words and Phrases | |
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| Tense Consistency | |
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| Consistent Verb Tense | |
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| More Parts of Speech | |
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| Section Theme | |
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| Inventions And Discoveries | |
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| Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions | |
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| Singular and Plural Nouns | |
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| Count Nouns and Noncount Nouns | |
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| Determiners | |
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| Prepositions | |
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| Pronouns | |
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| Pronoun Case | |
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| Relative Pronouns ( who, whom, which, that, whose ) | |
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| Reflexive Pronouns ( -self / -selves ) | |
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| Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement | |
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| Indefinite Pronouns | |
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| Vague Pronouns | |
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| Pronoun Shifts | |
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| Modifiers | |
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| Section Theme | |
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| Health Care | |
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| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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| Adjectives | |
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| Adverbs | |
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| Comparative and Superlative Forms | |
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| Mistakes and Modifiers | |
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| Misplaced Modifiers | |
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| Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Word Use and Spelling | |
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| Section Theme | |
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| The Legal World | |
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| Exact Language | |
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| Use Specific and Detailed Vocabulary | |
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| Avoid Wordiness ad Redundancy | |
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| Avoid Clich�s | |
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| Standard English Versus Slang | |
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| Spelling and Commonly Confused Words | |
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| Spelling Rules | |
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| Commonly Misspelled Words | |
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| Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Words | |
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| Punctuation and Mechanics | |
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| Section Theme | |
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| The Workplace | |
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| Commas | |
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| What Is a Comma? | |
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| Commas in a Series | |
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| Commas After Introductory Words and Phrases | |
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| Commas Around Interrupting Words and Phrases | |
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| Commas in Compound Sentences | |
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| Commas in Complex Sentences | |
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| Commas in Business Letters | |
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| The Apostrophe, Quotation Marks, and Titles | |
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| The Apostrophe | |
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| Quotation Marks | |
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| Punctuation of Titles | |
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| Capitalization and Other Punctuation Marks | |
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| Capitalization | |
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| Other Punctuation Marks | |
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| Editing | |
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| Editing Paragraphs and Essays | |
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| Reading Strategies and Selections | |
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| From Reading to Writing | |
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| Reading Strategies | |
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| Reading Selections | |