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APPROPRIATE ENGLISH
THE COMMA
GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS
QUALIFICATION, APPROPRIATE SUBJECTS AND DIRECTIONS
SMALL WORDS, THEIR IMPORTANCE, THE ANGLO AND SAXON ELEMENT
PRINCIPAL POINTS ILLUSTRATIONS CAPITAL LETTERS.
Introduction
APPROPRIATE ENGLISH
IMPROVING YOUR ENGLISH
ENGLISH LANGUAGE A NUTSHELL
Essentials of English Language
The Relative Pronouns are who, which, that and what
THE VERB
Some, Any
Countable Nouns
TENSE
Verb Tense Consistency
Pronoun Case
Verbs with Helpers
General Guidelines for Use of Perfect Tenses
Controlling Shifts in a Paragraph or Essay
Controlling Shifts in Verb Tense
Choosing Passive Voice
Irregular Verbs: Overview and List
Choosing Active Voice
VOICE AND MOOD
COMPARING GERUNDS, PARTICIPLES AND INFINITIVES
Using Other Tenses in Conjunction with Simple Tenses
VERBALS: GERUNDS, PARTICIPLES, AND INFINITIVES Gerunds
ADJECTIVE
Usage of Adjectives
POINTS TO REMEMBER
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
CONJUGATION
PREPOSITION
Prepositions of Direction
CONJUNCTION
Comparative forms of Adverbs
ADVERB
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
Using Pronouns Clearly
INTERJECTION
Subordinating Conjunctions
PRONOUN
Indefinite Articles: a and an
Quantity Adjectives with Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Using Articles with Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Nouns and Articles
Uses of Count and Noncount Nouns
NOUN
OMISSION OF ARTICLES
Count and Noncount Nouns
Definite Article: the
Using Articles
DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR
DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR, DEFINITIONS, ETYMOLOGY
The Sentence
SENTENCE CLASSIFICATION
THE PARAGRAPH
ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE
DIFFERENT KINDS ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS PARAGRAPH
Figurative Language
Climax Epigram Interrogation
An Antithesis
Metonymy
Hyperbole
Synecdoche
The principal figures
An Allegory
A Metaphor
FIGURES OF SPEECH DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES USE OF FIGURES
Punctuation
SPELLING: -IBLE VS
SENTENCE PUNCTUATION PATTERNS
SPELLING: IE /El
ONE WORD OR TWO
NUMBERS
SPELLING: COMMON WORDS THAT SOUND ALIKE
Indirect Quotations
SPELLING: ACCEPT/EXCEPT AND AFFECT/EFFECT
Writing Dialogue
A LITTLE HELP WITH CAPITALS
CAPITAL LETTERS
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PUNCTUATION
Forming Plurals of Lowercase Letters
Forming Possessives of Nouns
THE APOSTROPHE
Extended Rules for Using Quotation Marks
Quoting Poetry
Quotation Marks with Fiction, Poetry, and Titles
Additional Punctuation Rules when Using Quotation Marks
Altering the Source Material in a Quotation
BRACKETS AND PARENTHESES
Direct Quotations
Using Quotation Marks
THE MARK OF INTERROGATION
MARKS OF PARENTHESES
THE QUOTATION MARKS
DASHES
HYPHENS AND DASHES
COMMAS VS
THE EXCLAMATION MARK
THE COLON
THE 'PERIOD', 'FULL STOP' OR 'POINT'
Series Commas
Use a COLON
THE COMMA
Introductory Commas
THE SEMICOLON
Disruptive Commas General Guidelines
When Not to Use a Comma
Commas After Introductions Introductory Clauses
Proofreading for Commas
When to Use a Comma
Comma Abuse
Extended Rules for Using Commas Comma Use
PRINCIPAL POINTS ILLUSTRATIONS CAPITAL LETTERS
Letter Writing
FORMAL INVITATIONS
NOTES OF INTRODUCTION
PRINCIPLES OF LETTER WRITING FORMS NOTES
NOTES
SUBSCRIPTION
ADDRESS
Errors
GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS
MISTAKES SLIPS OF AUTHORS EXAMPLES AND CORRECTIONS ERRORS OF REDUNDANCY
Pitfalls to Avoid
THE PRONOUNS
SUMMON—SUMMONS UNDENIABLE—UNEXCEPTIONABLE
THAT FOR SO THESE—THOSE THIS MUCH—THUS MUCH etc
PAST TENSE—PAST PARTICIPLE
Don't say "I shall summons him," but "I shall summon him
SAYS I—I SAID IN—INTO EAT—ATE
PREPOSITIONS AND THE OBJECTIVE CASE
EACH OTHER—ONE ANOTHER
SEQUENCE OF PERSON
SEQUENCE OF TENSES
LAY-LIE
NEITHER-NOR NONE RISE-RAISE
EACH, EVERY, EITHER, NEITHER
ALONE
FURTHER—FARTHER
LESS—FEWER
BETWEEN—AMONG
FIRST PERSONAL PRONOUN
LOOSE PARTICIPLES
DOUBLE NEGATIVE
BROKEN CONSTRUCTION
AND WITH THE RELATIVE
ONLY
OTHER AND ANOTHER
THE SPLIT INFINITIVE
ELLIPSIS
ATTRACTION
COMMON STUMBLING BLOCKS PECULIAR CONSTRUCTIONS MISUSED FORMS
Style
UNITY
HARMONY
KINDS OF STYLE
STRENGTH
SIMPLICITY
CLEARNESS
PURITY
PROPRIETY
DICTION
DICTION, PURITY, PROPRIETY AND PRECISION
Suggestions
HOW TO WRITE, WHAT TO WRITE, CORRECT SPEAKING AND SPEAKERS
Slang
newspapers and authors, detracting the Irish race
ORIGIN, AMERICAN SLANG AND FOREIGN SLANG
California especially has been most fecund in this class of figurative language
Some slang expressions are of the nature of metaphors and are highly figurative
Slang simply consists of words and phrases which pass current but are not refined
Writing for Newspapers
QUALIFICATION, APPROPRIATE SUBJECTS AND DIRECTIONS
Learn, too, how to read Nature's book
Shakespeare understood mankind because he was himself a man
Be circumspect in your selection of a paper to which to submit your copy
Choice of Words
SMALL WORDS, THEIR IMPORTANCE, THE ANGLO AND SAXON ELEMENT
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