Updated and expanded, this book fills a double purpose as both a useful classroom text and a practical style manual for writers. It reviews English grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and correct word usage, and advises on adapting writing style to different formats, including both classroom assignments, business documents, and electronic communication. Readers will also find detailed instruction on essay writing, starting with outlining a subject, and going on to writing a draft and then editing and polishing it into a finished composition. New in this edition is a sample research paper that uses online sources and follows the widely popular MLA style for footnotes.
A concise guide to grammar, usage and style. Includes appendices on irregular verbs, verb-preposition combinations, commonly confused words, and misspelled words.
Essential Elements of English Grammar with Answer Key An informative and easy to use grammar book for intermediate to advanced students of English. Essential Elements of English Grammar can be used as a self-study guide or as a classroom textbook. This book covers rules regarding the use of verbs in the English language from verb tenses to verb usage topics such as active and passive voice, auxiliary (helping) verbs, and conditional sentences. The exercises have been thoroughly evaluated to help the student learn and understand each grammar lesson.
Ideal for native speakers and learners alike, this clear guide to the grammar of modern English will help students speak and write English with greater confidence.
Revised in this new edition, Minimum Essentials of English summarizes virtually the entirety of English grammar and usage, and serves as a quick-reference guide, especially for high school and college students. It comes in handy notebook format for three-ring binders. Topics covered include grammar, spelling rules, diction, mechanics, punctuation, and style rules for all documentary systems--the MLA, the Chicago Manual, and the APA.