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| Preface | |
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| Basic Sentence Patterns | |
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| Lessons, Practice Sheets, and Exercises | |
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| The Simple Sentence; Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Practice Sheet 1 · Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Exercise 1 · Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, and Prepositions | |
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| Practice Sheet 2 · Parts of | |
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| Speech | |
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| Exercise 2 · Parts of Speech | |
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| Exercise 2A · Subjects and | |
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| Verbs | |
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| Basic Sentence Patterns with Intransitive Verbs | |
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| Practice Sheet 3 · Sentence Patterns 1 & | |
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| Exercise 3 · Subjects, Verbs, and Complements | |
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| Basic Sentence Patterns with Transitive Verbs | |
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| Practice Sheet 4 · Complements of Transitive Verbs | |
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| Exercise 4 · Complements of Transitive Verbs | |
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| Forms of the Verb; Auxiliary Verbs | |
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| Practice Sheet 5 · Auxiliary Verbs; Basic Sentence Patterns | |
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| Exercise 5 · Identifying the Base of Verbs; Auxiliary Verbs | |
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| Alterations of Basic Sentence Patterns | |
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| Practice Sheet 6 · Alterations of Basic Sentence Patterns: Passive Verbs; Questions | |
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| Exercise 6 · Alterations of Basic Sentence Patterns: Passive Verbs; Questions | |
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| Check Sheet | |
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| Clauses and Phrases | |
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| Lessons, Practice Sheets, and Exercises | |
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| Coordination: Compound Sentences | |
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| Practice Sheet 7 · Coordination: Compound Sentences | |
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| Exercise 7 · Coordination: Compound Sentences | |
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| Subordination: Adverb | |
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| Clauses | |
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| Practice Sheet 8 · Adverb | |
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| Clauses | |
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| Exercise 8 · Adverb Clauses | |
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| Subordination: Adjective | |
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| Clauses | |
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| Practice Sheet 9 · Adjective Clauses | |
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| Exercise 9 · Adjective | |
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| Clauses | |
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| Subordination: Noun Clauses | |
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| Practice Sheet 10 · Subordination: Noun | |
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| Clauses | |
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| Exercise 10 · Subordination: Noun Clauses | |
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| Exercise 10A · Subordinate Clauses | |
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| Subordination: Gerund and Infinitive Phrases | |
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| Practice Sheet 11 · Gerund and Infinitive Phrases | |
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| Exercise 11 · Gerund and Infinitive Phrases | |
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| Subordination: Participial and Absolute Phrases | |
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| Practice Sheet 12 · Participial and Absolute Phrases | |
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| Exercise 12 · Participial and Absolute Phrases | |
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| Exercise 12A · Verbal Phrases; Complements in Phrases | |
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| Check Sheet | |
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| Sentence Building | |
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| Lessons, Practice Sheets, and Exercises | |
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| Completeness: Dealing with Sentence Fragments | |
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| Practice Sheet 13 · Identifying Sentence Fragments | |
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| Exercise 13 · Correcting Sentence Fragments | |
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| Exercise 13A · Correcting Sentence Fragments | |
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| Misplaced Modifiers; Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Practice Sheet 14 · Misplaced Modifiers | |
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| Exercise 14 · Misplaced | |
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| Modifiers | |
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| Practice Sheet 14A · Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Exercise 14A · Dangling | |
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| Modifiers | |
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| Subordination | |
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| Practice Sheet 15 · | |
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| Subordination | |
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| Exercise 15 · Subordination | |
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| Parallel Structure | |
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| Comparisons | |
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| Practice Sheet 16 · Parallel Structure: Comparisons | |
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| Exercise 16 · Parallel Structure: Comparisons | |
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| Check Sheet | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| Lessons, Practice Sheets, and Exercises | |
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| Commas to Separate | |
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| Practice Sheet 17 · Commas to Separate | |
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| Exercise 17 · Commas to | |
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| Separate | |
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| Exercise 17A · Commas and Semicolons to Separate | |
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| Commas to Enclose Practice Sheet 18 · Commas to Enclose | |
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| Exercise 18 · Commas to | |
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| Enclose | |
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| Exercise 18A · Commas: All | |
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| Uses | |
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| Exercise 18B · Commas and Semicolons: All Uses | |
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| Tricky Punctuation Marks | |
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| Practice Sheet 19 · Tricky Punctuation Marks | |
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| Exercise 19 · Tricky Punctuation Marks | |
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| End Marks; Summary of Punctuation Rules | |
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| Practice Sheet 20 · Review of Punctuation | |
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| Exercise 20 · Review of Punctuation | |
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| Exercise 20A · Review of Punctuation | |
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| Check Sheet | |
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| Usage | |
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| Lessons, Practice Sheets, and Exercises | |
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| Using Verbs Correctly: Principal Parts; Tense | |
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| Practice Sheet 21 · Using Verbs Correctly: Principal Parts | |
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| Tense | |
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| Exercise 21 · Using Verbs Correctly: Principal Parts | |
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| Tense | |
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| Using Verbs Correctly: Subject Verb Agreement | |
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| Practice Sheet 22 · Using Verbs Correctly: Subject Verb Agreement | |
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| Exercise 22 · Using Verbs Correctly: Subject Verb Agreement | |
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| Using Pronouns Correctly: Reference; Agreement | |
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| Practice Sheet 23 · Using Pronouns Correctly: Reference; Agreement | |
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| Exercise 23 · Using Pronouns Correctly: Reference | |
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| Agreement | |
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| Using Pronouns Correctly | |
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| Case | |
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| Practice Sheet 24 · Using Pronouns Correctly: Case | |
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| Exercise 24 · Using Pronouns Correctly: Case | |
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| Exercise 24A · Using Pronouns Correctly: Reference and Case | |
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| Using Modifiers and Prepositions Correctly | |
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| Practice Sheet 25 · Using Modifiers and Prepositions Correctly | |
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| Exercise 25 · Using Modifiers | |
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| And Prepositions Correctly | |
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| Puzzling Word Choices | |
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| Practice Sheet 26 · Puzzling | |
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| Word Choices | |
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| Exercise 26 · Puzzling Word Choices | |
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| Check Sheet | |
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| Plurals and Capitals | |
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| Revising, Proofreading, and Correcting | |
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| Lessons, Practice Sheets, and Exercises | |
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| Plurals and Capitals | |
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| Practice Sheet 27 · Plurals and Capitals | |
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| Exercise 27 · Plurals and | |
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| Capitals | |
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| Proofreading and Correcting; A Word on Writing with a Computer | |
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| Practice Sheet 28 · Revision | |
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| Exercise 28 · Proofreading and Correcting | |
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| Progress Tests | |
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| Parts of Speech | |
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| Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Sentence Patterns 1 & 2 | |
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| Complements | |
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| Auxiliary Verbs; Basic Sentence Patterns | |
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| Identifying the Base of Verbs; Auxiliary Verbs | |
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| Coordination: Compound Verbs and Compound Sentences | |
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| Adverb Clauses | |
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| Adjective Clauses | |
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| Noun Clauses | |
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| Gerund and Infinitive Phrases | |
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| Participial Phrases; Absolute Phrases | |
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| Identifying Sentence Fragments | |
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| Misplaced Modifiers; Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Subordination | |
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| Parallel Structures: Comparisons | |
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| Commas to Enclose | |
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| & 20 Tricky Punctuation Marks; End Marks | |
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| Using Verbs Correctly: Principal Parts; Tense | |
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| Using Verbs Correctly: Subject Verb Agreement | |
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| Using Pronouns Correctly: Case | |
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| Using Modifiers and Prepositions Correctly | |
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| Sentence Combining | |
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| Diagnostic Tests | |
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| Answer Key to Practice Sheets | |
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| Index | |