Essential College English
A Grammar and Punctuation Workbook for Writers
5th Edition
Published on 19. January 2000
Book
Mixed media product
424 pages
978-0-321-03808-1 (ISBN)
Description
Selby's Essential College English is an excellent grammar workbook that provides a complete, clear treatment of the rules of grammar and punctuation.
Incorporating a friendly and engaging tone throughout, the author focuses on the traditional principles of basic, sentence-level grammar and usage. The end-of-chapter exercises now include three different types: Review Exercises let students practice concepts learned in the chapter; Mastery Tests let students test their understanding of grammar rules; and Editing Tests allow students to correct errors in existing sentences and paragraphs.
Incorporating a friendly and engaging tone throughout, the author focuses on the traditional principles of basic, sentence-level grammar and usage. The end-of-chapter exercises now include three different types: Review Exercises let students practice concepts learned in the chapter; Mastery Tests let students test their understanding of grammar rules; and Editing Tests allow students to correct errors in existing sentences and paragraphs.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-03808-1 (9780321038081)
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Norwood Selby | Pamela S. Bledsoe
Essential College English
A Grammar, Punctuation, and Writing Workbook
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03/2004
6th Edition
Pearson
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12/1996
4th Edition
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Content
I. GRAMMAR.
1. Subjects, Verbs, and Complements.
2. Parts of Speech.
3. Phrases.
4. Clauses.
5. Sentence Types, Sentence Variety, and Sentence Combining.
6. Agreement.
7 Identifying and Correcting Sentence Fragments.
8. Identifying and Correcting Fused Sentences and Comma Splices.
9. Pronoun and Case Reference.
10. Adjectives and Adverbs.
II. PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS.
11. Commas.
12. Semicolons.
13. Apostrophes.
14. Quotation Marks.
15. Capitalization and Italics.
16. Abbreviations.
17. Other Marks of Punctuation.
Answers to Practice Sentences and Editing Practice.
1. Subjects, Verbs, and Complements.
2. Parts of Speech.
3. Phrases.
4. Clauses.
5. Sentence Types, Sentence Variety, and Sentence Combining.
6. Agreement.
7 Identifying and Correcting Sentence Fragments.
8. Identifying and Correcting Fused Sentences and Comma Splices.
9. Pronoun and Case Reference.
10. Adjectives and Adverbs.
II. PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS.
11. Commas.
12. Semicolons.
13. Apostrophes.
14. Quotation Marks.
15. Capitalization and Italics.
16. Abbreviations.
17. Other Marks of Punctuation.
Answers to Practice Sentences and Editing Practice.