Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation : The Mysteries of Grammar and Punctuation Revealed

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Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-04-01
Publisher(s): Bare Bones Training & Consulting co
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Summary

This entertaining and concise reference guide and workbook answers your most pressing questions about English usage. Author Jane Straus has unraveled the mysteries of grammar, punctuation, and capitalization to help the reader feel competent in their writing and speaking skills. Tens of thousands of copies of this indispensable book are purchased worldwide every year by business professionals, government agencies, universities, high schools, middle schools, and homeschooling families.

Table of Contents

GRAMMAR
Subjects and Verbs
1(1)
Agreement between Subjects and Verbs
2(4)
Pronouns
6(2)
Who and Whom
8(1)
Whoever and Whomever
9(1)
Who vs. Which vs. That
10(1)
Adjectives and Adverbs
11(3)
Problems with Prepositions
14(1)
Effect vs. Affect
15(1)
Effective Writing
15(2)
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
17(1)
PUNCTUATION
Periods and Ellipses
18(1)
Commas
19(4)
Semicolons
23(2)
Colons
25(1)
Question Marks
26(1)
Exclamation Points
26(1)
Quotation Marks
27(1)
Parentheses
28(1)
Apostrophes
29(2)
Hyphens
31(4)
CAPITALIZATION 35(2)
WRITING NUMBERS 37(12)
EXERCISES: GRAMMAR
Finding Subjects and Verbs
39(1)
Agreement between Subjects and Verbs
39(2)
Pronouns
41(1)
Who and Whom, Whoever and Whomever
42(2)
Who vs. Which vs. That
44(1)
Adjectives and Adverbs
44(1)
Prepositions
45(1)
Effect vs. Affect
46(1)
Effective Writing
47(1)
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
48(1)
PRACTICE TEST: GRAMMAR 49(10)
EXERCISES: PUNCTUATION
Commas
50(1)
Semicolons and Colons
51(1)
More Practice with Commas and Semicolons
52(1)
Question Marks, Quotation Marks, and Parentheses
53(1)
Apostrophes
54(1)
Hyphens
55(1)
Hyphens with ly Words
56(1)
Hyphens with Prefixes
56(1)
Hyphens with re Words
57(1)
Capitalization
58(1)
PRACTICE TEST: PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION 59(2)
Answers to Exercises 61

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