The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-To-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 17
About the Authors......Page 19
Introduction......Page 21
   Verb......Page 25
   Subject......Page 26
  Singular vs. plural verbs......Page 27
   One singular and one plural subject......Page 28
  Active vs. passive voice......Page 0
  With here or there......Page 29
  The subjunctive mood......Page 30
  Definition: Pronoun......Page 31
  Object pronouns......Page 32
  Subject and verb agreement with who, that, and which......Page 33
  He/him method......Page 36
 Whoever vs. Whomever......Page 37
  When which can be used with essential clauses......Page 38
   Adverb......Page 39
  Good vs. well......Page 40
  This, that, these, and those......Page 41
  Ending a sentence with a preposition......Page 42
  Different from vs. different than......Page 43
 Effective Writing......Page 44
  Parallel construction......Page 45
  Misplaced modifiers......Page 46
  Fragments......Page 47
  To separate three or more items......Page 49
   Joined by connectors such as and, or, but, etc.......Page 50
  With Jr. and Sr.......Page 51
  With nonessential words, clauses, and phrases......Page 52
  With lists......Page 55
  With certain introductory words......Page 53
  introduce a complete sentence......Page 54
  After the salutation in a business letter......Page 56
   Avoiding single quotation marks......Page 57
   With complete sentences......Page 58
   With quotations......Page 59
   Plural possession with regular nouns......Page 60
   Plural possession with names ending in s......Page 61
  Contractions......Page 62
  Apostrophes vs. single quotation marks......Page 63
 Hyphens......Page 64
   With very and -ly adverbs......Page 65
   With spelled-out fractions......Page 66
   With self-, ex-, and all-......Page 67
   Suffixes and double letters......Page 68
  Spacing......Page 69
  With omitted words or sentences......Page 70
   Rhetorical questions......Page 71
  Justifiable use......Page 72
 Proper nouns and adjectives derived from proper nouns......Page 73
  Reference list of capitalized categories......Page 74
 Thorny aspects of capitalization......Page 75
 Titles vs. occupations......Page 76
 Geographic regions vs. points of the compass......Page 77
 Titles of books, plays, films, songs, etc.......Page 78
  Subtitles......Page 79
 Using figures vs. spelling out numbers......Page 81
 Noon and midnight......Page 82
 Dates......Page 83
  Avoiding apostrophe + s with complete numerals......Page 84
 A......Page 85
 B......Page 91
 C......Page 95
 D......Page 102
 E......Page 105
 F......Page 107
 G......Page 111
 H......Page 112
 I......Page 114
 J......Page 117
 K......Page 118
 L......Page 119
 M......Page 122
 N......Page 125
 P......Page 127
 Q-R......Page 132
 S......Page 136
 T......Page 140
 U......Page 143
 V......Page 144
 W......Page 145
 Y......Page 148
 Grammar Pretest......Page 149
  Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 2......Page 151
  Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 1......Page 152
  Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 2......Page 153
  Pronouns Quiz 1......Page 154
  Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz 1......Page 155
  Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz 2......Page 156
  Who, Whom, That, Which Quiz 1......Page 157
  Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 1......Page 158
  Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 2......Page 159
  Prepositions Quiz 2......Page 160
  Affect vs. Effect Quiz 2......Page 161
  Lay vs. Lie Quiz 1......Page 162
  Advice vs. Advise Quiz 1......Page 163
  Their vs. There vs. They\'re Quiz 1......Page 164
  More Confusing Words and Homonyms Quiz 1......Page 165
  Effective Writing Quiz 1......Page 166
  Effective Writing Quiz 2......Page 167
 Grammar Mastery Test......Page 168
 Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Pretest......Page 169
  Commas and Periods Quiz 1......Page 171
  Commas and Periods Quiz 2......Page 172
  Semicolons and Colons Quiz 1......Page 173
  Semicolons and Colons Quiz 2......Page 174
  Question Marks and Quotation Marks Quiz 1......Page 175
  Parentheses and Brackets Quiz 1......Page 176
  Apostrophes Quiz 1......Page 177
  Hyphens Between Words Quiz 1......Page 178
  Hyphens Between Words Quiz 2......Page 179
  Hyphens with Prefixes and Suffixes Quiz 2......Page 180
  Capitalization Quiz 2......Page 181
  Writing Numbers Quiz 2......Page 182
 Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Mastery Test......Page 183
 Grammar Pretest Answers......Page 185
  Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 2 Answers......Page 187
  Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 1 Answers......Page 188
  Pronouns Quiz 1 Answers......Page 189
  Pronouns Quiz 2 Answers......Page 190
  Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz 1 Answers......Page 191
  Who, Whom, That, Which Quiz 1 Answers......Page 192
  Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 1 Answers......Page 193
  Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 2 Answers......Page 194
  Prepositions Quiz 2 Answers......Page 195
  Affect vs. Effect Quiz 2 Answers......Page 196
  Lay vs. Lie Quiz 2 Answers......Page 197
  Advice vs. Advise Quiz 2 Answers......Page 198
  Their vs. There vs. They\'re Quiz 2 Answers......Page 199
  More Confusing Words and Homonyms Quiz 2 Answers......Page 200
  Effective Writing Quiz 1 Answers......Page 201
  Effective Writing Quiz 2 Answers......Page 202
 Grammar Mastery Test Answers......Page 203
 Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Pretest Answers......Page 205
  Commas and Periods Quiz 1 Answers......Page 206
  Commas and Periods Quiz 2 Answers......Page 207
  Semicolons and Colons Quiz 1 Answers......Page 208
  Semicolons and Colons Quiz 2 Answers......Page 209
  Question Marks and Quotation Marks Quiz 2 Answers......Page 210
  Parentheses and Brackets Quiz 2 Answers......Page 211
  Apostrophes Quiz 2 Answers......Page 212
  Hyphens Between Words Quiz 2 Answers......Page 213
  Hyphens with Prefixes and Suffixes Quiz 2 Answers......Page 214
  Capitalization Quiz 2 Answers......Page 215
  Writing Numbers Quiz 2 Answers......Page 216
 Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Mastery Test Answers......Page 217
Index......Page 219