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Improve your punctuation. Write correct English. Write better and more clearly. A short, practical book for improving one's American English punctuation. It contains practice exercises and can be used for self-study or in a classroom environment. Table of Contents. Chapter 1: Apostrophe 1A: Apostrophe for Possession 1B: Apostrophe to Replace a Missing Letter. 1C: IT'S vs ITS 1D: THERE vs THEY'RE and THEIR 1E: Practice Exercises Chapter 2: Making Words Plural 2A: Most Words 2B: Nouns Ending in S, SH, Z, or Similar Sound 2C: Some Words Ending in O 2D: Some Words Ending in Y 2E: Irregular Words 2F: Foreign Words 2G: Plural of Single Letters and Numerical Digits 2H: Years 2I: Abbreviations 2J: Words which Are not Nouns 2K: Collective Nouns 2L: Practice Exercises Chapter 3: Quotes. 3A: Exact Words 3B: You Don't Agree with the Words 3C: Some Punctuation Marks Go in the Quotes, some Don't 3D: Use Quotes for Names of Poems, Songs, Chapters, Section Names, Short Stories, Episodes, Essays and Articles 3E: Quotes for Feet, Inches, Minutes and Seconds 3F: Practice Exercises Chapter 4: Comma 4A: Comma for a List of Items 4B: Comma for Two or More Clauses with a Connector 4C: No Comma before Dependent Clauses 4D: Comma after Dependent Clauses that are First in the Sentence 4E: Comma for Bracketing 4F: Comma to Avoid Confusion 4G: Comma to Introduce a Direct Quotation 4H: Comma to Introduce Direct Address 4I: Comma for Dates 4J: Comma for Cities 4K: Comma before and after Title Abbreviations 4L: No Comma after Most Other Punctuation Marks 4M: Practice Exercises Chapter 5: Semicolon 5A: Semicolon to Put Multiple Sentences in One Sentence 5B: Semicolon to Separate Items in a List that Contains Commas 5C: Practice Exercises Chapter 6: Colon 6A: Colon to Call Attention to what Comes Next 6B: Colon to Introduce a Direct Quotation 6C: Colon in Hours, Minutes and Seconds 6D: Practice Exercises Chapter 7: Slash 7A: Slash as a Substitute for or 7B: Slash in Some Abbreviations 7C: Slash to Separate Month and Day 7D: Fractions 7E: Citing Poems 7F: Practice Exercises Chapter 8: Hyphen 8A: Hyphen to Force Taking Several Words as one Unit 8B: Hyphen in Compound Numbers 8C: Hyphen in Fractions 8D: Hyphen to Break a Word at the End of a Line 8E: Practice Exercises Chapter 9: Dash 9A: Dash to Change Focus 9B: Dash for a Comment 9C: Practice Exercises Chapter 10: The Ellipsis-Some Words are Left Out 10A: Leaving Words out in a Quote 10B: Practice Exercises Chapter 11: Italics 11A: What Should You Italicize? 11B: What Shouldn't You Italicize? 11C: Practice Exercises Chapter 12: Bold 12A: What Should you Make Bold? 12B: Practice Exercises Chapter 13: Numbers 13A: When a Number Begins a Sentence 13B: The Numbers 0-9 13C: From Twenty-one to Ninety-nine 13D: Thousands and above 13E: Fractions 13F: A Range of Numbers 13G: Practice Exercises Chapter 14: Capital Letters 14A: First Word of a Sentence 14B: Proper Names, etc. 14C: Abbreviations 14D: All Caps 14E: Titles, Chapter Headings 14F: Not Capitalized 14G: Practice Exercises Supplement 1: Hyphenated Words Supplement 2: Additional Topics S2.1 The Absolute Phrase S2.2 The Gerund and the Participle Supplement 3: Foreign Plurals Commonly Used in English S3.1 Foreign Plurals Supplement 4: Practice Exercises for all Chapters S4.1 Exercises S4.2 Suggested Answers. I

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