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Handbook

Contents

S SENTENCE BOUNDARIES, H-5

S1 Comma Splices, H-5

S2 Fused Sentences, H-7

S3 Sentence Fragments, H-8

G GRAMMATICAL SENTENCES, H-10

G1 Pronoun Reference, H-10

G2 Pronoun Agreement, H-12

G3 Relative Pronouns, H-14

G4 Pronoun Case, H-16

G5 Verbs, H-18

G6 Subject-Verb Agreement, H-22

G7 Adjectives and Adverbs, H-25

E EFFECTIVE SENTENCES, H-27

E1 Missing Words, H-27

E2 Shifts, H-30

E3 Noun Agreement, H-33

E4 Modifiers, H-34

E5 Mixed Constructions, H-36

E6 Integrated Quotations, Questions, and Thoughts, H-38

E7 Parallelism, H-40

E8 Coordination and Subordination, H-41

W WORD CHOICE, H-43

W1 Concise Sentences, H-43

W2 Exact Words, H-47

W3 Appropriate Words, H-48

P PUNCTUATION, H-51

P1 Commas, H-51

P2 Unnecessary Commas, H-55

P3 Semicolons, H-57

P4 Colons, H-59

P5 Dashes, H-61

P6 Quotation Marks, H-63

P7 Apostrophes, H-66

P8 Parentheses, H-68

P9 Brackets, H-69

P10 Ellipsis Marks, H-69

P11 Slashes, H-69

P12 Periods, H-70

P13 Question Marks, H-70

P14 Exclamation Points, H-70

M MECHANICS, H-71

M1 Hyphens, H-71

M2 Capitalization, H-73

M3 Spacing, H-75

M4 Numbers, H-76

M5 Italics, H-77

M6 Abbreviations, H-78

M7 Spelling, H-80

T TROUBLESPOTS FOR MULTI-LINGUAL WRITERS,H-85

T1 Articles, H-85

T2 Verbs, H-87

T3 Prepositions, H-92

T4 Omitted or Repeated Words, H-92

T5 Adjective Order, H-93

T6 Participles, H-94

R REVIEW OF SENTENCE STRUCTURE, H-95

R1 Basic Sentence Structure, H-95

R2 Basic Sentence Elements, H-98

GL GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY MISUSED WORDS, H-111

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