
Nitty-Gritty Grammar
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With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage.
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Judith Pinkerton Josephson is also the author of many books for children, including Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers' Rights, Allan Pinkerton: The Original Private Eye, and Growing up in Pioneer America. She is the co-author of Armando and the Blue Tarp School.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Words at Work
- Words at Work
- Verbs
- Infinitives
- Verb Tenses
- Participles
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Active Voice and Passive Voice
- Nouns
- Collective Nouns
- Compound Subjects
- Pronouns
- Pronouns as Subjects or Objects
- Pronouns as Possessives
- Pronouns in Compound Subjects
- Pronouns in Compound Objects
- Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions
- Pronoun-Noun Agreement
- Pronouns That End in "Self"
- Indefinite Pronouns
- Who or Whom?
- That or Which?
- Choosing Pronouns: Subject-Object Hints
- Prepositions
- Prepositional Phrases
- Adjectives
- Compound Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Double Negatives
- Comparisons
- Double Comparisons
- Interjections
- Conjunctions
- Part II. Building Blocks
- The Sentence
- The Subject
- The Predicate
- Diagramming
- Clauses and Phrases
- Pronoun Reference Problems
- Misplaced Modifiers
- Dangling Participial Phrases
- Kinds of Sentences
- Part III. Punctuation Pointers
- Punctuation as Traffic Signals
- Periods
- Commas
- Semicolons
- Colons
- Parentheses and Dashes
- Quotation Marks
- Apostrophes
- Hyphens
- Question Marks
- Exclamation Points
- Part IV. Word Power
- Word Power
- Spelling
- Noun Plurals
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- Other Spelling Hurdles
- Pronunciation
- Say It Right! Spell It Right!
- Speaking of Grammar! (Oral Errors)
- Capitalization
- Easy Mix-Ups
- Appendix
- More Grammar Resources
- About the Author
- Index
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