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Grammar Troublespots A Guide for Student Writers

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ISBN-10: 0521532868

ISBN-13: 9780521532860

Edition: 3rd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Ann Raimes

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A new edition of Grammar Troublespots providing an excellent aid for student writers at the high-intermediate level and above. The Student's Book helps them identify and correct the errors that they are likely to make as they write. The emphasis in this new edition is on errors made in writing formal academic discourse. The book has 21 units. Each one examines an area of grammar, such as verb tense choice, article usage, and modals, and then pinpoints the most troublesome grammar points within that area. Each unit provides a straightforward description of the grammar point, supported by clear examples, grammar charts, and tables. The two-color new edition is easy to use, with exercises such…    
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Book details

List price: $37.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/5/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Nancy Summers is a professor at Harrisburg Area Community College, where she has served as department chair. Summers was the director of public education for a mental health system and has worked with numerous agencies to provide training, improve services, and assist with an internal reorganization. She remains actively in touch with numerous professionals in a wide variety of programs and recently published work on the supervision of the less experienced human services worker.Ann Raimes, a respected authority on writing, research, grammar, and ESL, created the KEYS FOR WRITERS family of handbooks (Cengage Learning) to be the most accessible, user-friendly handbooks available.

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Basic Sentence Structure
Sentence Building
Sentence Boundaries
Punctuation
Verbs and Auxiliaries
Verb Tense System
Present Verb Tenses
Past Verb Tenses
Active and Passive Voice
Modal Auxiliaries
Nouns and Quantity Words
Subject-Verb Agreement
Articles
Pronoun and Pronoun Reference
Adjectives and Adverbs
Infinitive, -ing, and Past Participle Forms
Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs
Relative Clauses
Conditions and Wishes
Quoting, Reporting, and Citing Sources
References
Appendix
Answer Key
Index