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| Note: Each chapter concludes with a Worksheet | |
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| Sentence Fundamentals | |
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| Parts of Speech Prepositions Conjunctions Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs | |
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| Subjects and Verbs Subjects Verbs Identifying the Subject Compound Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Sentence Types and Patterns Statements Questions Commands Exclamations Sentence Patterns | |
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| Verbals Infinitives Gerunds Participles Verbal Phrases | |
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| Phrases and Clauses Phrases Clauses Sentence Structure | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| Compound Sentences The Comma The Comma in a Compound Sentence The Semicolon in a Compound Sentence | |
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| Introductory Words, Phrases, and Clauses Types of Introductory Elements | |
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| Series and Equal Adjectives Commas in a Series Semicolons in a Series Equal Adjectives | |
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| Double-Comma Rules Direct Address Transitions Appositives Adjective Clauses Participial Phrases | |
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| Less Common Punctuation Colon Dashes Parentheses Quotation Marks Summary: The Most Important Punctuation Rules | |
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| Spelling and Style Points | |
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| Troublesome Words: Spelling and Usage Easily Confused Words | |
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| Plurals | |
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| Apostrophes Ownership Contractions | |
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| Numbers Two Basic Rules Special Rules | |
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| Hyphens Compound Adjectives Word Division | |
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| Capitalization Persons Places Things | |
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| Abbreviations Names of Persons Names of Companies and Organizations Names of Places Dates Time Weights and Measurements Latin Abbreviations | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Verbs Review Principal Parts of Verbs Active and Passive Voice | |
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| Personal Pronouns Nominative Case Objective Case Possessive Case Use of Who and Whom Whoever and Whomever | |
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| Agreement of Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Gender with Pronouns | |
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| Subject-Verb Agreement Compound Subjects Collective Nouns Amounts Names of Organizations or Publications Subjects That Follow Verbs Key Words Indefinite Pronouns Relative Pronouns (Who, Which, That) | |
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| Adjectives and Adverbs Action Verbs (Adverbs), Linking Verbs (Adjectives) Comparing Adjectives and Adverbs Double Negatives | |
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| Effective Business Writing | |
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| The Five C's and Formats The Five C's of Good Business Writing Business Letters: Parts and Formats | |
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| Review Tests | |
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| Index | |