TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langan,John
TI  - Sentence skills :a workbook for writers : form B
SN  - 0072820874 (student ed. : alk. paper)
AV  - PE1441.L353 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
N1  - 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
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