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Getting Off to a Good Start | |
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Staying in College: Advice from Those Who Have Been There | |
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Meet the Students | |
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Meet the Challenges | |
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Identify Problems and Solutions | |
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Identify the Problems | |
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Identify People and Resources That Can Help | |
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List Possible Solutions | |
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Act | |
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Writing Assignment | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Doing Well in College: Strategies for Success | |
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Get Organized with a Course Notebook | |
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Manage Your Time | |
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Make a Course Calendar | |
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Make a General Calendar | |
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Make the Most of Your Class Time | |
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Improve Your Reading Skills | |
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Find the Main Point and Support | |
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Main Point | |
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Support | |
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Know How to Read Textbooks | |
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Take Careful Notes in Class | |
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Know How to Take Tests | |
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Listen to Spoken Directions | |
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Survey the Whole Test Before Starting | |
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Read the Written Directions Carefully | |
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Think Critically | |
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Writing Assignment | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Understanding Your Learning Style: Ways to Use Your Strengths | |
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Find Your Learning Style | |
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Use Your Learning Style in College | |
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Visual | |
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Auditory | |
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Read/Write | |
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Kinesthetic | |
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Writing Assignment | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Writing Paragraphs | |
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Understanding the Basics of Good Writing: How to Write in College and Other Formal Settings | |
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Understand the Basics of Good Writing | |
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Audience and Purpose: Getting What You Want from Your Words | |
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Main Point and Support | |
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Understand What a Paragraph Is | |
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Understand the Writing Process | |
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Practice Together | |
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Writing Assignment | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Narrowing and Exploring Your Topic: How to Decide What to Write About | |
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Narrow Your Topic | |
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Explore Your Topic | |
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Freewrite | |
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Brainstorm | |
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Map or Cluster | |
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Keep a Journal | |
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Use the Internet | |
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Practice Together | |
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Writing Assignment | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Writing Your Paragraph: How to Put Your Ideas Together | |
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Make a Point | |
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Support Your Point | |
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Make a Plan | |
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Write a Draft | |
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Practice Together | |
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Writing Assignment | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Improving Your Paragraph: How to Make It the Best It Can Be | |
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Understand What Revision Is | |
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Get Feedback | |
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Improve Your Support | |
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Check the Arrangement of Your Ideas | |
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Time Order | |
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Space Order | |
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Order of Importance | |
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Title Your Paragraph | |
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Check for the Four Basics of a Good Paragraph | |
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Edit Your Paragraph | |
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Practice Together | |
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Writing Assignment | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Developing Your Paragraph: Different Ways to Present Your Ideas | |
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Narration | |
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Outline a Narration Paragraph | |
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Write a Narration Paragraph | |
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Practice the Four Basics of Narration | |
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Illustration | |
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Outline an Illustration Paragraph | |
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Write an Illustration Paragraph | |
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Practice the Four Basics of Illustration | |
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Description | |
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Outline a Description Paragraph | |
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Write a Description Paragraph | |
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Practice the Four Basics of Description | |
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Process Analysis | |
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Outline a Process Analysis Paragraph | |
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Write a Process Analysis Paragraph | |
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Practice the Four Basics of Process Analysis | |
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Classification | |
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Outline a Classification Paragraph | |
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Write a Classification Paragraph | |
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Practice the Four Basics of Classification | |
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Definition | |
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Outline a Definition Paragraph | |
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Write a Definition Paragraph | |
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Practice the Four Basics of Definition | |
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Comparison and Contrast | |
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Outline a Comparison/Contrast Paragraph | |
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Write a Comparison/Contrast Paragraph | |
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Practice the Four Basics of Comparison/Contrast | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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Outline a Cause/Effect Paragraph | |
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Write a Cause/Effect Paragraph | |
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Practice the Four Basics of Cause/Effect | |
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Argument | |
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Outline an Argument Paragraph | |
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Write an Argument Paragraph | |
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Practice the Four Basics of Argument | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Moving from Paragraphs to Essays: How to Write Longer Papers | |
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Understand Essay Structure | |
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Write an Essay | |
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Narrow Your Topic | |
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Write a Thesis Statement | |
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Support Your Thesis Statement and Write Topic Sentences | |
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Make a Plan | |
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Write, Revise, and Edit | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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TEST | |
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Editing for the Four Most Serious Errors | |
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The Complete Sentence: Key Parts to Know | |
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The Four Most Serious Errors | |
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Understand What a Sentence Is | |
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Find Subjects | |
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Subject Nouns | |
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Subject Pronouns | |
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Singular and Plural Subjects | |
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Prepositional Phrases | |
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Find Verbs | |
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Action Verbs | |
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Linking Verbs | |
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Helping Verbs | |
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Decide If There Is a Complete Thought | |
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Six Basic English Sentence Patterns | |
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Edit for Sentence Elements in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Fragments: Sentences That Are Missing a Key Part | |
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Understand What Fragments Are | |
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In the Real World, Why Is It Important to Correct Fragments? | |
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Find and Correct Fragments | |
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Fragments That Start with a Prepositional Phrase | |
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Fragments That Start with a Dependent Word | |
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Fragments That Start with an ing Verb | |
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Fragments That Start with to and a Verb | |
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Fragments That Start with an Example or Explanation | |
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Edit Fragments in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Run-Ons and Comma Splices: Two Sentences Joined Incorrectly | |
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Understand What Run-Ons and Comma Splices Are | |
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In the Real World, Why Is It Important to Correct Run-Ons and Comma Splices? | |
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Find and Correct Run-Ons and Comma Splices | |
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Add a Period oR a Semicolon | |
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Add a Comma and a Coordinating Conjunction | |
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Add a Subordinating Conjunction (Dependent Word) | |
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Edit Run-Ons and Comma Splices in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Subject-Verb Agreement Problems: Subjects and Verbs That Do Not Match | |
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Understand What Subject-Verb Agreement Is | |
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In the Real World, Why Is It Important to Correct Subject-Verb Agreement Errors? | |
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Find and Correct Errors in Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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The Verb Is a Form of Be, Have, or Do | |
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Words Come between the Subject and the Verb | |
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The Sentence Has a Compound Subject | |
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The Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun | |
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The Verb Comes before the Subject | |
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Edit Subject-Verb Agreement Problems in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Verbs: The Past Tense | |
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Understand Regular Verbs in the Past Tense | |
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In the Real World, Why Is It Important to Use the Correct Tense? | |
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Understand Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense | |
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Understand Four Very Irregular Verbs | |
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The Verb Be | |
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The Verb Have | |
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Can/Could and Will/Would | |
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Edit Past-Tense Errors in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Verbs: The Past Participle | |
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Understand the Past Participle | |
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Use the Past Participle Correctly | |
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Past Participles of Regular Verbs | |
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Past Participles of Irregular Verbs | |
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Present Perfect Tense | |
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Past Perfect Tense | |
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Passive versus Active Voice | |
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Edit Past-Participle Errors in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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TEST | |
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Editing for Other Sentence Grammar | |
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Nouns: Using Plural Forms | |
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Understand What Nouns Are | |
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Form Plural Nouns Correctly | |
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Regular Plural Nouns | |
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Irregular Plural Nouns | |
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Edit Nouns in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Pronouns: Using Substitutes for Nouns | |
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Understand What Pronouns Are | |
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Find and Correct Pronoun Problems | |
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Make Pronouns Agree | |
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Indefinite Pronouns | |
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Collective Nouns | |
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Check Pronoun Reference | |
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Use the Right Type of Pronoun | |
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Pronouns Used with Compound Subjects and Objects | |
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Pronouns Used in Comparisons | |
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Who versus Whom | |
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Edit Pronouns in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Adjectives and Adverbs: Describing Which One? or How? | |
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Understand What Adjectives and Adverbs Are | |
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Use Adjectives and Adverbs Correctly | |
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Choosing between Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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Using Adjectives and Adverbs in Comparisons | |
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Understanding Good, Well, Bad, and Badly | |
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Edit Adjective and Adverbs in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers: Avoiding Confusing Descriptions | |
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Understand What Misplaced Modifiers Are | |
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Find and Correct Misplaced Modifiers | |
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Understand What Dangling Modifiers Are | |
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Find and Correct Dangling Modifiers | |
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Edit Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Illogical Shifts: Avoiding Inconsistencies | |
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Understand Consistent Tense | |
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Find and Correct Inconsistent Tenses | |
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Understand Consistent Person | |
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Find and Correct Inconsistent Person | |
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Edit Shifts in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Formal English and ESL Concerns: Grammar Trouble Spots for Multilingual Students | |
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Subjects | |
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Pronouns | |
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Verbs | |
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Negatives | |
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Questions | |
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The Simple Tenses | |
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Simple Present | |
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Simple Past | |
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Simple Future | |
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The Perfect Tenses | |
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Present Perfect | |
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Past Perfect | |
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Future Perfect | |
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The Progressive Tenses | |
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Modal Auxiliaries/Helping Verbs | |
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Gerunds and Infinitives | |
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Articles | |
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Prepositions | |
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Prepositions after Adjectives | |
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Prepositions after Verbs | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Test | |
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Editing to Combine and Improve Sentences | |
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Coordination: Joining Sentences with Related Ideas | |
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Understand What Coordination Is | |
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Use Coordination to Join Sentences | |
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Using Coordinating Conjunctions | |
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Using Semicolons | |
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Edit for Coordination in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Subordination: Joining Sentences with Related Ideas | |
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Understand What Subordination Is | |
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Use Subordination to Combine Sentences | |
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Edit for Subordination in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Parallelism: Balancing Ideas | |
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Understand What Parallelism Is | |
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Use Parallel Structure | |
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Parallelism in Pairs and Lists | |
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Parallelism in Comparisons | |
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Parallelism with Certain Paired Words | |
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Edit for Parallelism in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Test | |
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Editing Words in Sentences | |
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Word Choice: Using the Right Words | |
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Understand the Importance of Choosing Words Carefully | |
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Dictionary | |
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Thesaurus | |
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Avoid Four Common Word-Choice Problems | |
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Vague Words | |
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Slang | |
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Wordy Language | |
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Clichs | |
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Edit for Word Choice in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Commonly Confused Words: Avoiding Mistakes with Sound-Alikes | |
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Understand Why Certain Words Are Commonly Confused | |
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Use Commonly Confused Words Correctly | |
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Edit Commonly Confused Words in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Spelling: Using the Right Letters | |
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Understand the Importance of Spelling Correctly | |
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Practice Spelling Correctly | |
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Five Steps to Better Spelling | |
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Remember Ten Troublemakers | |
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Defeat Your Personal Spelling Demons | |
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Learn about Commonly Confused Words | |
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Learn Six Spelling Rules | |
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Check a Spelling List | |
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Edit Spelling Errors in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Test | |
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Editing for Punctuation and Mechanics | |
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Commas , | |
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Understand What Commas Do | |
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Use Commas Correctly | |
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Commas between Items in a Series | |
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Commas in Compound Sentences | |
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Commas after Introductory Words | |
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Commas around Appositives and Interrupters | |
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Commas around Adjective Clauses | |
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Other Uses for Commas | |
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Commas with Quotation Marks | |
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Commas in Addresses | |
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Commas in Dates | |
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Commas with Names | |
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Commas with Yes or No | |
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Edit Commas in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Apostrophes | |
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Understand What Apostrophes Do | |
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Use Apostrophes Correctly | |
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Apostrophes to Show Ownership | |
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Its or Its | |
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Apostrophes in Contractions | |
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Apostrophes with Letters, Numbers, and Time | |
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Edit Apostrophes in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Quotation Marks " " | |
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Understand What Quotation Marks Do | |
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Use Quotation Marks Correctly | |
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Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations | |
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Setting off a Quotation within Another Quotation | |
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No Quotation Marks for Indirect Quotations | |
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Quotation Marks for Certain Titles | |
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Edit Quotation Marks in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Other Punctuation ; : ( ) -- - | |
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Understand What Punctuation Does | |
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Use Punctuation Correctly | |
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Semicolon ; | |
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Semicolons to Join Two Closely Related Sentences | |
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Semicolons When Items in a List Contain Commas | |
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Colon : | |
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Colons before Lists | |
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Colons before Explanations or Examples | |
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Colons in Business Correspondence and before Subtitles | |
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Parentheses ( ) | |
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Dash | |
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Hyphen - | |
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Hyphens to Join Words That Form a Single Description | |
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Hyphens to Divide a Word at the End of a Line | |
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Edit Other Punctuation in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Capitalization: Using Capital Letters | |
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Understand Capitalization | |
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Use Capitalization Correctly | |
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Capitalization of Sentences | |
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Capitalization of Names of Specific People, Places, Dates, and Things | |
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People | |
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Places | |
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Dates | |
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Organizations, Companies, and Groups | |
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Languages, Nationalities, and Religions | |
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Courses | |
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Commercial Products | |
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Capitalization of Titles | |
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Edit for Capitalization in College, Work, and Everyday Life | |
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Write and Edit Your Own Work | |
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Practice Together | |
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Chapter Review | |
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Test | |
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Editing Review Test 1: Part 3 | |
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Editing Review Test 2: Part 3 | |
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Editing Review Test 3: Parts 3-4 | |
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Editing Review Test 4: Parts 3-4 | |
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Editing Review Test 5: Parts 3-5 | |
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Editing Review Test 6: Parts 3-5 | |
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Editing Review Test 7: Parts 3-6 | |
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Editing Review Test 8: Parts 3-6 | |
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Editing Review Test 9: Parts 3-7 | |
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Editing Review Test 10: Parts 3-7 | |
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Readings for Writers | |
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Introduction to the Readings | |
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Narration | |
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"Reaching My Goal" | |
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"From the Welfare Rolls, a Mothers View" | |
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"A Brothers Murder" | |
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Illustration | |
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"My Mother, My Hero" | |
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"How Boys Become Men" | |
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"Homeless" | |
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Description | |
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"Airports Are For Watching People" | |
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"The Jacket" | |
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"Laughing in English" | |
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Process Analysis | |
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"Hand-Washing Techniques" | |
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"How to Live After Loss" | |
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"Isnt It Time You Hit the Books?" | |
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Classification | |
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"Different Kinds of Athletic Shoes" | |
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"The Five Kinds of Friends Everyone Should Have" | |
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"The Geography of Personality" | |
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Definition | |
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"Cheerleading Is Definitely A Sport" | |
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"Whats Patriotic?" | |
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"The Power of Presence" | |
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Comparison and Contrast | |
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"A Trifling Media" | |
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"Patriotism or Nationalism?" | |
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"Weve Got the Dirt on Guy Brains" | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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"Illusion of Privacy" | |
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"Walking for My Life" | |
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"Champagne Taste, Beer Budget" | |
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Argument | |
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"English as an Official Language: One Language for One Nation" | |
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"English as an Official Language: The Injustice of One Language" | |
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Appendices | |
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Succeeding on Tests | |
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Answers to Odd-Numbered Grammar Exercises | |