English Grammar By Jeffrey Coghill and Stacy Magedanz
Contents of English Grammar eBook
- Introduction
- Pretest
- Chapter : Nouns and Articles
- Types of Nouns
- Proper Nouns
- Collective Nouns
- Count versus Noncount Nouns
- Plural Nouns
- Showing Possession with Nouns
- Unusual Constructions
- Joint Ownership
- Noun-Verb Agreement
- Articles
- Indefinite Articles
- Gray Area: Articles and the Letter H
- Definite Articles
- Gray Area: British versus American Article Usage
- Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers and Solutions
- Supplemental Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers
- Chapter : Pronouns
- Personal Pronouns
- Common Pitfall: Multiple Pronouns and What Case to Use
- Common Pitfall: “We” and “Us” as Appositives
- Common Pitfall: Pronouns as Complements (or “It is I!”)
- Agreement of Pronouns with Antecedents
- Relative Pronouns
- Gray Area: Restrictive “That” versus Nonrestrictive “Which”
- Common Pitfall: “Who” versus “Whom”
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Common Pitfall: “This Kind,” “Those Sorts”
- Possessive Pronouns
- Common Pitfall: Possessive Pronouns and Apostrophes
- Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
- Reciprocal Pronouns
- Indefinite Pronouns
- Gray Area: Sexist Language and Indefinite Pronouns
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers and Solutions
- Supplemental Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers
- Chapter : Verbs
- Transitive and Intransitive Verbs: Direct Objects
- Indirect Objects
- Linking Verbs
- Verb Tenses
- Simple Present Tense
- Simple Past Tense
- Simple Future Tense
- Present Progressive Tense
- Past Progressive Tense
- Future Progressive Tense
- Present Perfect Tense
- Past Perfect Tense
- Common Pitfall: “Lie” versus “Lay”
- Future Perfect Tense
- Present Perfect Progressive Tense
- Past Perfect Progressive Tense
- Future Perfect Progressive Tense
- Voice
- Common Pitfall: Passive Voice
- Mood
- Phrasal Verbs
- Gray Area: The Particle at the End of the Sentence
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- Modal Auxiliaries
- Gray Area: “Can” versus “May”
- Gray Area: “Will” versus “Shall”
- Gerunds
- Gray Area: Possessives with Gerunds
- Infinitives
- Gray Area: Split Infinitives
- Participles
- Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers and Solutions
- Supplemental Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers
- Chapter :Conjunctions
- Coordinating Conjunctions
- Gray Area: Beginning a Sentence with “And”
- Correlative Conjunctions
- Subordinating Conjunctions
- Gray Area: Using “Than” with Personal Pronouns
- Gray Area: “As” versus “Like”
- Common Pitfall: “Than” versus “Then”
- Conjunctive Adverbs
- Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers and Solutions
- Supplemental Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers
- Chapter : Prepositions
- Prepositions and Compound Prepositions
- Common Pitfall: Misused Prepositions
- Common Pitfall: The Double Preposition
- Gray Area: Prepositions at the End of a Sentence
- Prepositional Phrases
- Chapter : Problems
- Problems
- Answers and Solutions
- Supplemental Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers
- Chapter :Modifiers
- Adjectives and Adverbs
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Adverbs at Work
- Intensifying Adverbs
- Common Pitfall: Unnecessary Adverbs
- Adjective and Adverbial Phrases
- Comparatives and Superlatives
- Common Pitfall: Irregular Endings of Comparison Words
- Common Pitfall: Double Comparisons and Superlatives
- Common Pitfall: Adjectives and Adverbs That Should Not Be Compared
- Emphasis Words
- Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Participles
- Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers and Solutions
- Supplemental Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers
- Chapter :Sentences
- Phrases and Clauses
- Subjects
- Special Types of Subjects
- Predicates
- Objects
- Phrases
- Special Types of Phrases
- Clauses
- Special Types of Clauses: “That” Clauses
- Special Types of Clauses: “If” Clauses
- Sentence Types: Compound and Complex
- Punctuating Clauses Within Sentences
- Sentence Types: Declarative, Imperative, and Interrogative Moods
- Sentence Types: Passive and Active Voice
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- Common Pitfall: Frequently Encountered Sentence Problems
- Run-on Sentences
- Comma Splices
- Sentence Fragments
- Misplaced or “Dangling” Modifiers
- Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements
- Unclear Antecedents
- Lack of Agreement
- Lack of Parallelism
- Inconsistent Use of Tenses or Pronouns
- Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers and Solutions
- Supplemental Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers
- Chapter : Punctuation, Capitalization, and Other Issues
- Periods
- Commas
- Gray Area: The Serial Comma
- Semicolons
- Colons
- Question Marks
- Exclamation Points
- Apostrophes
- Gray Area: Handling ’S Situations
- Common Pitfall: “It’s” versus “It is”
- Quotation Marks
- Hyphens
- Dashes
- Parentheses
- Brackets
- Ellipses
- Slashes
- Capitalization
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Abbreviations and Acronyms in Writing
- Common Pitfall: Latin Abbreviations
- Numerals
- Expressing Dates and Times with Numbers
- Other Uses of Numbers
- Italics
- Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers and Solutions
- Supplemental Chapter Problems
- Problems
- Answers
- Customized Full-Length Exam
- Appendix A:Glossary
- Appendix B: Abbreviations
- List of State Abbreviations
- Other Common Abbreviations
