Sharpen Your Good Grammar Skills

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Title Page
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Table of Contents
Why Worry About Grammar?
Chapter 1: Parts of Speech: The Building Blocks of Good Grammar
	Nouns
		Singular and Plural Nouns
		Possessive Nouns
	Pronouns
	Verbs
	Adjectives
	Adverbs
		Negatives and Double Negatives
		Comparatives and Superlatives
	Prepositions
		Wow, That’s Really Intense!
		More About Prepositions
	Conjunctions
	Interjections
Chapter 2: The Simple Sentence–and Beyond!
	What Is a Sentence?
	What Kind of Sentence Is It?
	Simple Sentences
	Phrases and Clauses
	Compound and Complex Sentences
	Incomplete Sentences and Sentence Fragments
	Run-on Sentences
Chapter 3: Using the Right Parts of Speech, the Right Way
	Subjects and Objects
	What Kind of Subject Is It?
	Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
	Pronoun Cases
		Reflecting on Reflexives
	Subject-Verb Agreement
	Verb Tenses
		Present Tense
		Reaching an Agreement Can Be Tricky!
		Past Tense
		Future Tense
		Progressive Tense
			Helping Verbs and Split Infinitives
		Perfect Tense
			The Case of the Misplaced Modifier
			Verb Tense Consistency
		Perfect Progressive Tense
Chapter 4: Punctuation, Proofreading, and Other Fine Points
	Punctuation
		Period
		Question Mark
		Exclamation Point
		Comma
		Colon
		Semicolon
		Apostrophe
		Quotation Marks
		Hyphen
	Some Special Cases
		Compound Words
		Abbreviations and Acronyms
	Proofreading
	Spell-Check Your Spell-Checker!
Chapter 5: Grammar in Motion
Common Grammar Goofs
	Commonly Confused Words
	Commonly Misused Words
	Commonly Misspelled Words
	Some Common Irregular Verbs
Glossary
Further Reading
	Books
	Internet Addresses
Index
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