English Grammar Workbook For Dummies

Get some good grammar practice-and start speaking and writingwellGood grammar is important, whether you want to advance yourcareer, boost your GPA, or increase your SAT or ACT score. Practiceis the key to improving your grammar skills, and that's what thisworkbook is all about. Honing speaking and writing skills throughcontinued practice translates into everyday situations, such aswriting papers, giving presentations, and communicating effectivelyin the workplace or classroom.In English Grammar Workbook For Dummies you'll findhundreds of fun problems to help build your grammar muscles. Justturn to a topic you need help with-from punctuation and pronouns topossessives and parallel structure-and get out your pencil. Withjust a little practice every day, you'll be speaking correctly,writing confidently, and getting the recognition you deserve atwork or at school.* Hundreds of practice exercises and helpful explanations* Explanations mirror teaching methods and classroomprotocols* Focused, modular content presented in step-by-step lessonsEnglish Grammar Workbook For Dummies will empower you tostructure sentences correctly, make subject and verbs agree, anduse tricky punctuation marks such as commas, semicolons, andapostrophes without fear.

Introduction 1Part I: Building a Firm Foundation: Grammar Basics 5Chapter 1: Finding the Right Verb at the Right Time 7Chapter 2: Got a Match? Pairing Subjects and Verbs Correctly23Chapter 3: Who Is She, and What Is It? Pronoun Basics 39Chapter 4: Having It All: Writing Complete Sentences 53Part II: Mastering Mechanics 71Chapter 5: Pausing to Consider the Comma 73Chapter 6: A Hook That Can Catch You: Apostrophes 87Chapter 7: "Let Me Speak!" Quotation Marks 97Chapter 8: Hitting the Big Time: Capital Letters 107Part III: Applying Proper Grammar in Tricky Situations117Chapter 9: Choosing the Best Pronoun: Case, Number, and Clarity119Chapter 10: Tensing Up: Choosing the Right Verb for TrickySentences 143Chapter 11: Are You and Your Verbs in the Right Mood? 157Chapter 12: Writing for Electronic Media 165Part IV: Upping the Interest: Describing and Comparing175Chapter 13: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives and Adverbs 177Chapter 14: Going on Location: Placing Descriptions Correctly187Chapter 15: For Better or Worse: Forming Comparisons 201Part V: Improving Your Writing Style 219Chapter 16: Staying on Track: Parallel Writing 221Chapter 17: The Writing Diet: Adding Spice and Cutting Fat fromYour Sentences 237Chapter 18: Steering Clear of Tricky Word Traps 247Part VI: The Part of Tens 259Chapter 19: Ten Overcorrections 261Chapter 20: Ten Errors to Avoid at All Costs 265Appendix: Grabbing Grammar Goofs 269Index 299