02233cam a2200289 a 4500 13321401 20210414114045.0 030822s1999 mau 001 0 eng 0072820874 (student ed. : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC PE1441.L353 Langan, John, Sentence skills :a workbook for writers : form B / John Langan. 7th ed. Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2004. xviii, 598 p. ; 24 cm. ill Includes index. Contents: Effective writing: Learning sentence skills -- A Brief guide to effective writing -- Practice in effective writing -- Sentence skills: Subjects and verbs -- Fragments -- Run-ons -- Sentence variety I -- Verbs, pronouns, and agreement: Standard english verbs -- Irregular verbs -- Subject-verb agreement -- Consistent verb tense -- Additional information about verbs -- Pronoun reference, agreement, and point of view -- Pronoun types -- Modifiers and parallelism: Adjectives and adverbs -- Misplaced modifiers -- Dangling modifiers -- Faulty parallelism -- Sentence variety II -- Punctuation and mechanics: Paper format -- Capital letters -- Numbers and abbreviations -- End marks -- Apostrophe -- Quotation marks -- Comma -- Other punctuation marks -- Word use: Dictionary use -- Spelling improvement -- Omitted words and letters -- Commonly confused words -- Effective word choice -- Reinforcement of the skills -- Appendix A: Parts of speech -- Appendix B: ESL pointers -- Appendix C: Sentence-skills diagnostic test -- Appendix D: Sentence-skills achievement test -- Appendix E: Answers to introductory activities practice exercises in part two -- Appendix F: Progress charts. English language Rhetoric . Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh041/2003276113.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh041/2003276113.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2003276113-b.html 7 cbc origcop 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 1703 9203 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-07-17 0 PE1441.L353 4425/12 2012-07-17 00:00:00 1 2012-07-17 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-07-17 0 PE1441.L3531 4426/12 2012-07-17 00:00:00 2 2012-07-17 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-07-17 0 PE1441.L3532 4427/12 2012-07-17 00:00:00 3 2012-07-17 BK