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Grammar: 1001 Practice Questions For Dummies (+ Free Online Practice)


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to Watch Out For Locating the Subject Fine-Tuning Subject-Verb Agreement Chapter 5: Matchmaking: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Identifying Pronouns and Their Antecedents Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents Correctly Avoiding Vague Pronoun References Chapter 6: Pronouns on a Case-by-Case Basis The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Sorting Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns Using Subject and Object Pronouns Correctly Chapter 7: Forming Complete Sentences The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Recognizing Complete Sentences Combining Ideas Correctly Correcting Run-Ons and Fragments Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Distinguishing Between Adjectives and Adverbs Placing Adjectives and Adverbs in Sentences Dealing with Articles Hyphenating Descriptions Chapter 9: Going Long: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Identifying the Words Being Described Avoiding Misplaced, Dangling, and Vague Descriptions Chapter 10: Writing Gooder Better Comparisons The Questions You'll Work On What to Watch Out For Creating Comparative and Superlative Forms Avoiding Incomplete, Illogical, or Vague Comparisons Chapter 11: Correct with a Capital C: Capitalization The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Capitalizing Names, Titles, Relationships, and Ethnicity Capitalizing Geographical Names, Quotations, and School References Capitalizing the Titles of Artistic or Scientific Works Chapter 12: Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Commas in Lists Using Commas with Identifying and Extra Information Creating a Pause in a Sentence Chapter 13: A Smooth Ride to Meaning: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks The Questions You’ll Work On What to Watch Out For Creating the Possessive Form of Nouns Creating Contractions with Apostrophes Inserting and Deleting Apostrophes Distinguishing Between Quotations and Paraphrases Placing Quotation Marks and Other Punctuation Punctuating Academic Work Chapter 14: Seeking Unity and Balance: Parallelism The Questions You'll Work On What to Watch Out For Identifying Parallel Elements in Lists Working with Paired Conjunctions Creating Parallel Comparisons Keeping Sentences Parallel Chapter 15: Cutting Repetition and Wordiness The Questions You'll Work On What to Watch Out For Cutting Repetitive Words and Phrases from Sentences Writing Concisely Chapter 16: Breaking Patterns to Create Interesting Sentences The Questions You'll Work On What to Watch Out For Weaving Complex Sentences Varying