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Chapter 17 Writing Simple Sentences

Identifying Subjects

Identifying Subjects 1

Identifying Subjects 2

Identifying Prepositional Phrases

Identifying Prepositional Phrases

Identifying Verbs

Identifying Verbs

Identifying Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs

Chapter 18 Writing Compound Sentences

Using Coordinating Conjunctions

Using Coordinating Conjunctions

Using Semicolons

Using Semicolons

Using Transitional Words and Phrases

Using Transitional Words and Phrases 1

Using Transitional Words and Phrases 2

Chapter 19 Writing Complex Sentences

Using Subordinating Conjunctions

Using Subordinating Conjunctions 1

Using Subordinating Conjunctions 2

Using Relative Pronouns

Using Relative Pronouns

Chapter 20 Writing Varied Sentences

Identifying Sentence Types

Identifying Sentence Types

Combining Sentences

Combining Sentences 1

Combining Sentences 2

Chapter 21 Using Parallelism

Recognizing Parallel Structure

Recognizing Parallel Structure

Using Parallel Structure

Using Parallel Structure 1

Using Parallel Structure 2

Using Parallel Structure 3

Chapter 22 Using Words Effectively

Using Specific Words

Using Specific Words 1

Using Specific Words 2

Avoiding Clichés and Sexist Language

Avoiding Clichés and Sexist Language

Commonly Confused Words

Commonly Confused Words 1

Commonly Confused Words 2

Chapter 23 Run-Ons

Recognizing Run-Ons

Recognizing Run-Ons 1

Recognizing Run-Ons 2

Correcting Run-Ons

Correcting Run-Ons 1

Correcting Run-Ons 2

Chapter 24 Fragments

Correcting Fragments

Correcting Fragments 1

Correcting Fragments 2

Correcting Fragments 3

Recognizing Fragments

Recognizing Fragments

Chapter 25 Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement 1

Subject-Verb Agreement 2

Subject-Verb Agreement 3

Subject-Verb Agreement 4

Indefinite Pronoun Subjects

Indefinite Pronoun Subjects

Verbs before Subjects

Verbs before Subjects

Chapter 26 Illogical Shifts

Illogical Shifts

Illogical Shifts

Shifts in Tense

Shifts in Tense

Shifts in Person and Voice

Shifts in Person and Voice

Chapter 27 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Correcting Misplaced Modifiers

Correcting Misplaced Modifiers 1

Correcting Misplaced Modifiers 2

Correcting Dangling Modifiers

Correcting Dangling Modifiers 1

Correcting Dangling Modifiers 2

Chapter 28 Verbs: Past Tense

Regular Verbs

Regular Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Problem Verbs: Be

Problem Verbs: Be

Problem Verbs: Can/Could and Will/Would

Problem Verbs: Can/Could and Will/Would 1

Problem Verbs: Can/Could and Will/Would 2

Chapter 29 Verbs: Past Participles

Regular Past Participles

Regular Past Participles

Irregular Past Participles

Irregular Past Participles 1

Irregular Past Participles 2

Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses

Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses 1

Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tenses 2

Chapter 30 Nouns and Pronouns

Identifying Antecedents

Identifying Antecedents

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 1

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 2

Indefinite Pronoun Antecedents

Indefinite Pronoun Antecedents

Revising for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Revising for Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Personal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Pronoun Case

Pronoun Case

Pronoun Case: Who/Whom

Pronoun Case: Who/Whom

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns

Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs

Good and Well

Good and Well

Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs

Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs 1

Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs 2

Comparatives and Superlatives

Comparatives and Superlatives 1

Comparatives and Superlatives 2

Good/Well and Bad/Badly

Good/Well and Bad/Badly

Chapter 32 Grammar and Usage for ESL Writers

Special Problems with Subjects

Special Problems with Subjects

Count and Noncount Nouns

Count and Noncount Nouns

Determiners with Count and Noncount Nouns

Determiners with Count and Noncount Nouns

Articles

Articles

Negative Statements

Negative Statements

Questions

Questions

Stative Verbs

Stative Verbs

Choosing Prepositions: At, In, or On

Choosing Prepositions: At, In, or On

Chapter 33 Using Commas

Correct Comma Use

Correct Comma Use

Types of Comma Use

Types of Comma Use

Commas in a Series

Commas in a Series

Commas with Introductory Phrases

Commas with Introductory Phrases

Commas with Transitional Words and Phrases

Commas with Transitional Words and Phrases

Commas with Appositives

Commas with Appositives

Commas with Nonrestrictive Clauses

Commas with Nonrestrictive Clauses

Commas in Dates and Addresses

Commas in Dates and Addresses

Chapter 34 Using Apostrophes

Apostrophes in Contractions and Possessives

Apostrophes in Contractions and Possessives 1

Apostrophes in Contractions and Possessives 2

Chapter 35 Understanding Mechanics

Capitalizing Proper Nouns

Capitalizing Proper Nouns

Punctuating Direct Quotations

Punctuating Direct Quotations

Setting Off Titles

Setting Off Titles

Semicolons

Semicolons

Colons

Dashes and Parentheses

Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, and Parentheses

e-readings

Process: Amy Ma, “My Grandmother’s Dumpling”

Classification: Carolyn Foster Segal, “The Dog Ate My Flashdrive, and Other Tales of Woe”

Definition: Judy Brady, “I Want a Wife”

Argument: Bob Herbert, “Tweet Less, Kiss More”