English Made Simple : A Complete, Step-by-Step Guide to Better Language Skills
by WALDHORN, ARTHURZEIGER, ARTHUREdition: Revised
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 1981-10-06
Publisher(s): Three Rivers Press
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Summary
For almost four decades,Made Simplebooks have set the standard for continuing education and home study. In answer to the changing needsof today's marketplace, theMade Simpleseries for the '90s presents a thoroughly up-to-the-minute portfolio of skills, information, and experience, with revised and updated editions of bestselling titles, plus a whole range of new subjects from personal finance to office management to desktop publishing. B & W illustrations throughout
Table of Contents
| The Sentence and Its Parts | |
| Test No. 1 | p. 9 |
| The Sentence | p. 10 |
| Subject and Predicate | p. 10 |
| Kinds of Sentences | p. 11 |
| The Parts of Speech | p. 11 |
| The Noun | p. 12 |
| Kinds of Nouns--Common and Proper, Concrete and Abstract, Collective | |
| Inflection | |
| Number | |
| Gender | |
| Personification | |
| Case | |
| The Pronoun | p. 18 |
| Kinds of Pronouns--Personal, Demonstrative, Indefinite, Relative, Interrogative, Numerical, Reflexive and Intensive, Reciprocal | |
| Agreement of Pronouns, Case of Pronouns | |
| The Verb | p. 24 |
| Kinds of Verbs--Transitive and Intransitive, Linking (Copulative), Auxiliary, Strong and Weak | |
| Principal Parts of Verbs--Regular, Irregular | |
| Conjugation | |
| Person | |
| Number | |
| Tense | |
| Mood | |
| Voice--Active, Passive | |
| Progressive and Emphatic Forms | |
| The Adjective | p. 32 |
| Kinds of Adjectives--Descriptive, Common, Proper, Limiting, Pronominal, Articles | |
| Position of Adjectives, Forming the Degrees of Comparison | |
| The Adverb | p. 36 |
| Kinds of Adverbs--Simple, Conjunctive, Forms of Adverbs | |
| Comparison of Adverbs | |
| The Conjunction | p. 38 |
| Kinds of Conjunctions--Coordinating, Subordinating | |
| The Preposition | p. 39 |
| Object of the Preposition | |
| Position of the Preposition, Meanings of the Preposition | |
| The Interjection | p. 39 |
| Verbals: Gerund, Participle, Infinitive | p. 40 |
| Phrases and Clauses | p. 43 |
| The Sentence | p. 45 |
| Sentence Errors | |
| Agreement | p. 47 |
| Subject and Verb | p. 47 |
| Pronoun and Antecedent | p. 49 |
| Case of Pronouns | p. 50 |
| Reference of Pronouns | p. 53 |
| Verbs | p. 56 |
| Sequence of Tenses | p. 56 |
| Noun Clauses | |
| Adverbial Clauses | |
| Adjective Clauses | |
| Infinitives | |
| Participles | |
| Shall and Will | |
| Adjectives and Adverbs | p. 60 |
| Problems Involving the Use of Modifiers | p. 63 |
| Dangling Modifiers | p. 63 |
| Misplaced Modifiers | p. 65 |
| Shifts in Point of View | p. 68 |
| Consistency of Number and Person, Tense, Mood, Voice and Subject, Tone | |
| Parallelism | p. 70 |
| Omissions and Mixed Constructions | p. 73 |
| Paragraphs and Paragraphing | |
| Improving the Paragraph | p. 76 |
| Function of the Paragraph, Length of the Paragraph, Developing the Paragraph, Outlining | |
| Clarity | p. 77 |
| Topic Sentence, Coherence | |
| Force and Vigor | p. 78 |
| Position, Focus | |
| Variety | p. 78 |
| Length and Structure, Concreteness | |
| Punctuation | |
| Trends in Punctuation | p. 80 |
| End Punctuation | p. 80 |
| The Period, The Question Mark, The Exclamation Point | |
| Internal Punctuation | p. 81 |
| The Comma, The Semicolon, The Colon, The Dash, The Parentheses, The Brackets, The Quotation Marks, The Ellipsis | |
| Word Punctuation | p. 93 |
| The Hyphen, The Apostrophe, The Period for Abbreviations, Italics, Capital Letters | |
| Spelling | |
| The Dilemma | p. 99 |
| The Causes | p. 99 |
| The Dilemma Solved | p. 100 |
| Learning the Rules, Mnemonics, The Dictionary | |
| Spelling Lists | p. 109 |
| Building a Vocabulary | |
| The Importance of a Good Vocabulary | p. 113 |
| Methods of Building Vocabulary | p. 114 |
| Using the Family of Tongues Building Vocabulary with Roots, Building Vocabulary with Prefixes and Suffixes | |
| Byways to Buy Words | p. 130 |
| Learning the Origin of Words | p. 130 |
| Summary of Methods of Building a Vocabulary | |
| Civil Service Tests in Vocabulary | p. 131 |
| Style | |
| Improving the Word Pattern | p. 133 |
| Levels of Usage | p. 133 |
| Standard English | |
| Substandard English | |
| Formal and Informal English | |
| The Dictionary and Labeled Words | |
| Clarity, Exactness, Correctness, and Economy in Diction | p. 136 |
| Freshness and Vividness in Diction | p. 140 |
| Summary of Ways to Improve Word Patterns | p. 143 |
| Improving the Sentence Pattern | p. 143 |
| The Purpose of the Sentence | p. 143 |
| Clarity and Coherence | p. 143 |
| Economy | |
| Consistency | |
| Logic | |
| Levels of Language | |
| Length | |
| Coordination and Subordination | |
| Force and Vigor | p. 148 |
| Periodic and Loose Sentences | |
| Parallelism | |
| Emphasis | |
| Variety and Euphony | p. 150 |
| Variety, Language, Euphony | |
| A Glossary of Faulty Diction | |
| Letter Writing | |
| The Letter in Modern Society | p. 163 |
| Established Conventions in Letter Writing | p. 163 |
| Stationery and General Appearance | p. 163 |
| Heading and Inside Address | p. 166 |
| Salutation | p. 167 |
| Complimentary Close | p. 168 |
| Signature | p. 168 |
| Addressing the Envelope | p. 169 |
| The Method of Writing Business Letters | p. 170 |
| Types of Business Letters | p. 172 |
| The Letter of Application | p. 172 |
| Inquiries and Replies | p. 174 |
| Order and Remittance | p. 175 |
| Acknowledgment | p. 176 |
| Types of Personal Letters | p. 176 |
| The Conversational Letter | p. 176 |
| The "Bread and Butter" Letter | p. 176 |
| The "Thank You" Letter | p. 176 |
| The Congratulatory Letter | p. 177 |
| The Letter of Condolence | p. 177 |
| The Formal Social Note | p. 177 |
| Test No. 2 | p. 178 |
| Answers | p. 179 |
| Index | p. 195 |
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