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Author:   Nuala O'Sullivan ,  Geraldine Woods (New York, New York)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   For Dummies
Edition:   UK Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.822kg
ISBN:  

9780470688304

ISBN 10:   0470688300
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   13 April 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I: Laying the Foundations: Grammar Basics 7 Chapter 1: Placing the Proper Verb in the Proper Place 9 Chapter 2: Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Pairing Subjects and Verbs Correctly 23 Chapter 3: Who Is She, and What Is It? The Lowdown on Pronouns 35 Chapter 4: Finishing What You Start: Writing Complete Sentences 49 Part II: Mastering Mechanics 65 Chapter 5: Exercising Comma Sense 67 Chapter 6: Made You Look! Punctuation Marks That Demand Attention 83 Chapter 7: One Small Mark, a Whole New Meaning: Apostrophes 93 Chapter 8: ‘Let Me Speak!’ Quotation Marks 105 Chapter 9: Hitting the Big Time: Capital Letters 117 Part III: The Pickier Points of Correct Verb and Pronoun Use 129 Chapter 10: The Case of It (And Other Pronouns) 131 Chapter 11: Choosing the Best Pronoun for a Tricky Sentence 145 Chapter 12: Travelling in Time: Tricky Verb Tense Situations 161 Chapter 13: Getting Your Verbs in the Right Mood 173 Part IV: All You Need to Know about Descriptions and Comparisons 183 Chapter 14: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives, Adverbs and Articles 185 Chapter 15: Going on Location: Placing Descriptions Correctly 197 Chapter 16: Forming Comparisons: For Better or Worse 213 Chapter 17: Apples and Oranges: Improper Comparisons 225 Part V: Writing with Style 237 Chapter 18: Practising Parallel Structure 239 Chapter 19: Spicing Up and Trimming Down Your Sentences 253 Chapter 20: Steering Clear of Tricky Word Traps 267 Part VI: The Part of Tens 279 Chapter 21: Ten Overcorrections 281 Chapter 22: Ten Errors to Avoid at All Costs 285 Appendix: Your Final Challenge 289 Index 305

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Nuala O'Sullivan is an English teacher. Geraldine Woods is the co-author of the bestselling English Grammar For Dummies, UK Edition

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