Langan, John creator text mau Boston McGraw-Hill c2004 1999 7th ed. monographic eng

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xviii, 598 p. ; 24 cm. ill 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. John Langan. Includes index. English language Rhetoric PE1441.L353 0072820874 (student ed. : alk. paper) http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh041/2003276113.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh041/2003276113.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2003276113-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh041/2003276113.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh041/2003276113.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2003276113-b.html DLC 030822 20210414114045.0 13321401