Preface


PART ONE: GRAMMAR	


 .The Parts of Speech

	Their Identification and Function

The Noun - The Pronoun - The Adjective - Nouns
Used as Adjectives - The Verb - Action and Linking
Verbs - The Verb Phrase - The Adverb - The
Preposition - The Conjunction - The Interjection
Determining the Parts of Speech - Summary of
Parts of Speech


2. The Sentence

Subjects, Predicates, and Complements

Subject and Predicate - The Simple Predicate and the
Complete Predicate - The Simple Subject and the
Complete Subject - How to Find the Subject of a
Sentence Compound Subjects and Verbs -
Fragments The Sentence Base - Complements
The Subject Complement - Distinguishing Between
Subjects and Complements - Direct and Indirect
Objects - Compound Complements - Diagraming
Sentences


3. The Phrase

Prepositional, Verbal, and Appositive Phrases

Prepositional Phrases - Adjective Phrases - Adverb
Phrases - Verbals and Verbal Phrases - The
Participle - The Participial Phrase The Gerund
The Gerund Phrase - The Infinitive The Infinitive
Phrase - Diagraming Verbals and Verbal Phrases -
Appositives and Appositive Phrases


4.	The Clause
	Independent and Subordinate Clauses

Kinds of Clauses - Independent Clauses -
Subordinate Clauses - The Uses of Subordinate
Clauses - The Adjective Clause - The Adverb Clause -
The Noun Clause - Sentences Classified by Structure



PART TWO: USAGE

5.	Kinds of Usage
	What Is Usage?

Standard and Nonstandard English


6.	Correct Agreement
	Subject and Verb, Pronoun and Antecedent

 

 

of Pronoun and Antecedent


7.	Using Pronouns Correctly

Nominative and Objective Case

Case Forms of Personal Pronouns - The Nominative
Case - The Objective Case - Special Problems in
Pronoun Usage - The Pronoun in Incomplete
Constructions


8.	Using Verbs Correctly

Principal Parts, Tense, Voice

Kinds of Verbs Principal Parts - Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs Tense . Active and Passive Voice
Six Troublesome Verbs


9.	Using Modifiers Correctly

Comparison, Placement of Modifiers

Adjective and Adverb Forms: Bad and Badly, Well and
Good, Slow and Slowly - Comparison of Modifiers -

Regular and Irregular Comparison - Comparative and
Superlative Forms . Dangling Modifiers . Misplaced
Modifiers


10.	Glossary of Usage

PART THREE: COMPOSITION: SENTENCE STRUCTURE

11.	Writing Complete Sentences
	Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences

Sentence Fragments The Phrase Fragment - The
Appositive Fragment The Subordinate Clause
Fragment - Run-on Sentences


12.	The Effective Sentence
	Emphasis and Variety in Sentences

Varying Sentence Beginnings - Varying Sentence
Structure - Varying Sentence Length


PART FOUR: COMPOSITION

13.	The Paragraph
	Unity and Coherence in Paragraphs

 

 

 

 




14.	Exposition
	Planning and Writing the Longer Composition

Choosing and Limiting a Topic - Planning the
Composition - Outlining , Writing the Composition
The Introduction - The Body - The Conclusion -
Transitions Between Paragraphs - Revising the

 

Topics


15.	Specific Writing Assignments

Explaining a Process - Writing the Essay Answer
Description of a Character - The Critical Review
The Essay of Opinion - The Definition - Limited
Definition . Extended Definition


16.	Creative Writing

 

 

 

 

 

and Metaphors


17.	The Business Letter

 

 

Letter - The Letter of Application


PART FIVE: MECHANICS 

18.	Capitalization
	Standard Uses of Capitalization

19.	Punctuation
	End Marks and Commas

Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
Commas - Items in a Series - Comma Between
Independent Clauses - Introductory Elements
Summary of the Uses of the Comma


20.	Punctuation
	Semicolons and Colons

21.	Punctuation
	Underlining (Italics) and Quotation Marks

22.	Punctuation
	Apostrophes, Hyphens, Dashes,
	Parentheses

Apostrophes - Pronouns in the Possessive Case
Compounds in the Possessive Case - Contractions
Hyphens - Compound Words - Dashes -
Parentheses


23.	Manuscript Form
	Standards for Written Work




PART SIX: AIDS TO GOOD ENGLISH

 

Books

Arrangement of Books in the Library . Locating
Information in the Library - The Card Catalogue
The Parts of a Book - The Readers' Guide - The
Vertical File - Reference Books in the Library


25.	The Dictionary
	Arrangement and Content of Dictionaries

Kinds of Dictionaries - Kinds of Information in
Dictionaries - Other Information in the Dictionary
Pronunciation


26.	Vocabulary
	Learning and Using New Words

Ways to Learn New Words - Context - Finding the
Right Word . Prefixes and Roots . Word Origins -

Selected Vocabulary Word List


27.	Spelling
	Improving Your Spelling

Good Spelling Habits - Spelling Rules - Words
Frequently Confused  Lists of Selected Spelling
Words


Index

Tab Key Index