Abrams' Guide to Grammar: Third Edition
Abrams' Guide to Grammar: Third Edition a self-paced workbook that teaches the core grammar skills Using IconLogic’s proven "skills & drills" training approach.
This user-friendly, concise grammar reference is designed for word people -- writers, editors, proofreaders, managers, support staff, and students. “Abrams’ Guide to Grammar: Third Edition” covers problems of grammar and punctuation. If you communicate by composing a letter, memo, report, or email, you’ll benefit from this lively and instructional tutorial. What's more, if the following topics intimidate you or fly right over your head, this is the book for you. Abrams' Guide to Grammar demystifies the rules and provides practical experience to reinforce learning and build confidence with improved usage. This workbook features hands-on activities and challenge exercises (Confidence Checks) including detailed answer keys to all of the exercises.
If any of the following topics intimidate you or if you need a refresher on grammar and punctuation rules, this is the book for you:
- Parts of Speech
- Phrases (Prepositional and Verbal)
- Sentence Fragments
- Run-on Sentences
- Commas with Independent and Dependent
- Clauses
- Commas with Which and That
- Commas after Introductory Constructions
- Commas with Nonrestrictive Phrases
- Commas in a Series
- Verb Tense and Mood
- Active vs. Passive Voice
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
- Pronoun Case
- The Pronouns Who and Whom
- Parallelism
- Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Preface
Tools... Tools... Tools..., page 1
Parts of Speech and Parts of a Sentence
Parts of Speech, page 3
Definitions, page 4
Basic Patterns, page 9
Clauses and Phrases
Clauses, page 11
Prepositional Phrases, page 15
Verbals, page 18
Verbal Phrases, page 21
Sentence Fragments, page 23
Run-on Sentences, page 32
Punctuation
Commas, page 44
Commas after Introductory Constructions, page 49
Commas with Nonrestrictive Material, page 57
Commas in a Series and with Coordinate Adjectives, page 66
Special Comma Problems, page 70
Colons, page 73
Semicolons, page 76
Hyphens, page 79
Apostrophes, page 84
Quotation Marks, page 87
Parentheses, page 90
Ellipses, Dashes, and Brackets, page 93
Verb Tense, Mood, and Voice
Verbs, page 97
The 12 Verb Tenses, page 98
Mixing and Matching Tenses, page 100
Mood, page 104
Voice, page 109
Subject–Verb Agreement
Subject–Verb Agreement, page 113
Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement
Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement, page 123
Pronoun Case
Nominative and Objective Case, page 130
Possessive Case, page 133
The Pronouns Who and Whom, page 136
Parallelism
Parallelism, page 143
Modifiers
Modifiers, page 149
Squinting Modifiers, page 149
Misplaced Modifiers, page 150
Dangling Modifiers, page 150
Careless Placement of Only, page 151
Supplemental Exercises
Commas with Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Material, page 159
Comma Review, page 160
Colons and Semicolons, page 162
Minor Marks of Punctuation, page 163
Punctuation Review, page 164
Subject–Verb Agreement, page 166
Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement, page 167
Pronoun Case, page 168
Pronoun Case Review, page 169
Verb Tense and Mood, page 170
Verb Forms, page 171
Verb Tense, page 172
Verb Mood, page 173
Verb Tense, page 174
Parallelism, page 175
Grammar Review, page 176
Supplemental Exercises: Answer Key
Commas with Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Material, page 179
Comma Review, page 181
Colons and Semicolons, page 183
Minor Marks of Punctuation, page 185
Punctuation Review, page 187
Subject–Verb Agreement, page 190
Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement, page 191
Pronoun Case, page 193
Pronoun Case Review, page 195
Verb Tense and Mood, page 197
Verb Forms, page 198
Verb Tense, page 199
Verb Mood, page 200
Verb Tense, page 201
Parallelism, page 202
Grammar Review, page 203
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