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Grammar Essentials for dummies
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- 作者： by Geraldine Woods with Joan Friedman
- 出版社：John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- 出版年：2019
- 集叢名：For dummies
- ISBN：9781119589617
- EISBN：9781119589679 ePDF; 9781119589686 ePub
- 格式：EPUB 流式,PDF,JPG
- 頁數：196
- 字數：230547
- 附註：Includes index
Grammar Essentials For Dummies (9781119589617) was previously published as Grammar Essentials For Dummies(9780470618370). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.
For students competing for the decreasing pool of college scholarships, writing a stellar entrance essay can make all the difference. With discrete explanations of vital grammar rules, common usage errors, and the other key concepts people need to refer to most often, Grammar Essentials For Dummies provides crucial information to help students communicate accurately and effectively. This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need to review critical grammar concepts as they help students with homework assignments or college entrance essays, as well as for adult learners headed back into the classroom and people learning English as a next language.
- INTRODUCTION
- About This Book
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Where to Go from Here
- CHAPTER 1: Grasping Grammar Nitty-Gritty
- Grammar: What It Is!
- The Big Ideas of Grammar
- Putting Grammar to Work in the Real World
- CHAPTER 2: Making Peace between Subjects and Verbs
- Getting Reacquainted with Verbs
- Identifying Subjects
- Give Peace a Chance: Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
- Coming to an Agreement with Difficult Subjects
- CHAPTER 3: Perfecting Your Pronoun Usage
- Playing Matchmaker with Pronouns and Nouns
- Selecting Singular or Plural Pronouns
- Getting Possessive with Your Pronouns
- Keeping Your Pronouns and Antecedents Close
- Pairing Pronouns with Pronoun Antecedents
- Avoiding Sexist Pronouns
- CHAPTER 4: Constructing a Complete Sentence
- Creating Complete Sentences from Complete Thoughts
- Banning Fragments from Formal Writing
- Enough Is Enough: Avoiding Run-ons
- Attaching Sentences Legally
- Connecting Unequal Ideas
- Combining Sentences with Pronouns
- Don’t Keep Your Audience Hanging: Removing Danglers
- CHAPTER 5: Drawing Parallels ( Without the Lines )
- Seeking Balance
- Striving for Consistency
- Using Conjunction Pairs Correctly
- Constructing Proper Comparisons
- CHAPTER 6: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons
- Spotting Adjectives
- Hunting for Adverbs
- Sorting through Some Sticky Choices
- Getting Picky about Word Placement
- Creating Comparisons
- CHAPTER 7: Polishing Your Punctuation
- More Rules Than the IRS: Using Apostrophes
- Quoting Correctly
- Making Comma Sense
- Mastering Dashes
- Wielding Hyphens with Ease
- Creating a Stopping Point: Colons
- CHAPTER 8: Capitalizing Correctly
- Covering the Basic Rules
- Capitalizing ( Or Not ) References to People
- Getting a Geography Lesson: Places, Directions, and More
- Looking at Seasons and Times of Day
- Getting Schooled in Education Terms
- Wrestling with Capitals in Titles
- Writing about Events and Eras
- Capitalizing Abbreviations
- CHAPTER 9: Choosing the Right Words
- One Word or Two?
- Separating Possessive Pronouns from Contractions
- Using Words That Seem Interchangeable but Aren’t
- A Word and a Phrase to Avoid
- CHAPTER 10: Tackling Other Troublemakers
- Creating Noun Plurals
- Perfecting Prepositions
- Deleting Double Negatives
- CHAPTER 11: Improving Your Writing
- Identifying Your Audience
- Cutting Ties with Your Computer Grammar Checker
- Giving Your Writing Punch with Great Verbs
- Deleting All That’s Extra
- Spicing Up Boring Sentences
- Writing for Electronic Media
- CHAPTER 12: Ten Ways to Improve Your Grammar Every Day
- Pick Up a Good Book
- Read the Newspaper
- Sample Some Magazines
- Delve into Strunk and White
- Surf the Web
- Review Style Manuals
- Watch High-Quality TV Shows
- Peruse the News
- Download Podcasts
- Listen to Authorities
- INDEX
