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Brief Contents
Preface for Instructors v
Why Use This Book? — for Students xiii
How to Use This Book xv
Grammar without Tears 1
Unit One Understanding the Basic Sentence 18
Lesson 1 Fragments 20
Lesson 2 Run-ons: Fused Sentences ma Splices 31
Unit Two Making Subjects and Verbs Agree 43
Lesson 3 Nearest-Noun Agreement Errors 45
Lesson 4 Agreement with There is and There was 53
Lesson 5 Agreement pound Subjects 60
Unit Three Using Correct Verb Tenses 68
Lesson 6 Present, Past, and Tense Shifting 69
Lesson 7 The Past and the Perfect Tenses 77
Unit Four Understanding Pronouns 87
Lesson 8 Pronoun Agreement 89
Lesson 9 Vague Pronouns: This, That, and It 98
Lesson 10 Choosing the Correct Pronoun Form 107
Lesson 11 Who, Whom, and That 116
Lesson 12 Eliminating Sexist Pronouns 125
Unit Five mas Correctly 135
Lesson mas with And, But, Or, and Other
Coordinating Conjunctions 138
Lesson 14 Commas with Transitional Terms 147
Lesson 15 Commas with Adverb Clauses 156
Lesson 16 Commas with Introductory Elements 164
Lesson 17 Commas with Adjective Clauses 172
Lesson 18 Commas with Appositives 181
Lesson 19 mas 190
Unit Six Using Apostrophes Correctly 202
Lesson 20 Apostrophes in Contractions 203
Lesson 21 Apostrophes Showing Possession 210
Lesson 22 Unnecessary Apostrophes 219
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Unit Seven Using Other Punctuation and Capitalizing Words 229
Lesson 23 Quotation Marks with Other Punctuation 231
Lesson 24 Semicolons 238
Lesson 25 Colons 246
Lesson 26 Capitalization 254
Unit Eight Writing Clear Sentences 265
Lesson 27 Parallelism 267
Lesson 28 Passive Voice 275
Lesson 29 Dangling Modifiers 282
Unit Nine ESL Choosing the Right Article 293
Lesson 30 Incorrect Plurals and Indefinite Articles with
Noncount Nouns 296
Lesson 31 Using A/An, Some, and The 303
Lesson 32 Making Genera