Contents

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S SENTENCE BOUNDARIES

S1 Comma Splices

S2 Fused Sentences

S3 Sentence Fragments

G GRAMMATICAL SENTENCES

G1 Pronoun Reference

G2 Pronoun Agreement

G3 Relative Pronouns

G4 Pronoun Case

G5 Verbs

G6 Subject-Verb Agreement

G7 Adjectives and Adverbs

E EFFECTIVE SENTENCES

E1 Missing Words

E2 Shifts

E3 Noun Agreement

E4 Modifiers

E5 Mixed Constructions

E6 Integrated Quotations, Questions, and Thoughts

E7 Parallelism

E8 Coordination and Subordination

W WORD CHOICE

W1 Concise Sentences

W2 Exact Words

W3 Appropriate Words

P PUNCTUATION

P1 Commas

P2 Unnecessary Commas

P3 Semicolons

P4 Colons

P5 Dashes

P6 Quotation Marks

P7 Apostrophes

P8 Parentheses

P9 Brackets

P10 Ellipsis Marks

P11 Slashes

P12 Periods

P13 Question Marks

P14 Exclamation Points

M MECHANICS

M1 Hyphens

M2 Capitalization

M3 Spacing

M4 Numbers

M5 Italics

M6 Abbreviations

M7 Spelling

T TROUBLESPOTS FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS

T1 Articles

T2 Verbs

T3 Prepositions

T4 Omitted or Repeated Words

T5 Adjective Order

T6 Participles

R REVIEW OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE

R1 Basic Sentence Structure

R2 Basic Sentence Elements

GL GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY MISUSED WORDS