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Reviewing Basic Grammar: A Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs, 6/E
Mary Laine Yarber
Robert E. Yarber, San Diego Mesa College

ISBN-10: 0321103548
ISBN-13: 9780321103543

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 368 pp
Published: 06/24/2003

This item has been replaced by Reviewing Basic Grammar: A Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs (with MyWritingLab Student Access Code Card), 8/E.

This basic, step-by-step sentence-to-paragraph developmental writing textbook combines an intensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing.

Computer Activity writing exercises in each chapter.

“Writing Paragraphs” section at the end of each chapter offers instruction on writing effective topic sentences and paragraphs.

“Writer's Tips” throughout the text provide practical advice for students on matters such as selecting the best dictionary, formatting papers, and so on.

A chapter review summarizes the grammar coverage in each chapter.

An end-of-book “Checklist for the ESL Writer” addresses troublesome and confusing problems for ESL students.

The exercises have been rewritten to include modern, interesting, and lively content that will appeal to today's students.

More Visual Aids: Each chapter includes more charts, lists, and other visual aids to help visual learners better understand complex grammar concepts.

Tip boxes have been revised, expanded, and updated.

The Answer Key has been reformatted and now contains answers to all even-numbered questions.

Preface.

1. Getting Started: Computers, Grammar, and Paragraphs.

Standard English: Who Needs It?

Writing with the Computer.

Writing Sentences.

The Paragraph: An Overview.

Writing Paragraphs.

2. The Parts of Speech: A Review.

The Noun.

The Pronoun.

The Verb.

The Adjective.

The Adverb.

The Preposition.

The Conjunction.

The Interjection.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Test 2-A: Parts of Speech.

Review Test 2-B: Parts of Speech.

Writing Paragraphs.

The Topic Sentence and Unity in the Paragraph.

3. Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence.

The Subject and the Verb.

Finding the Verb.

Action Verbs.

Linking Verbs.

Words Mistaken for the Verb.

Finding the Subject.

Subjects and Other Words in the Sentence.

Simple and Complete Subjects.

Compound Subjects.

Subjects in Inverted Sentences.

Subjects with Verbs in Active and Passive Voice.

Subjects and Prepositional Phrases.

Subjects and Verbs in Compound and Complex Sentences.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Test 3-A: Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence.

Review Text 3-B: Finding the Subject and the Verb in the Sentence.

Writing Paragraphs.

Coherence in the Paragraph Through Chronological Order.

4. Making the Subject and Verb Agree.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Test 4-A: Making the Subject and Verb Agree.

Review Test 4-B: Making the Subject and Verb Agree.

Writing Paragraphs.

Coherence in the Paragraph Through Spatial Order.

5. Common Errors Involving Verbs.

Regular Verbs.

Irregular Verbs.

Suggestions for Using Irregular Verbs.

Using the Correct Tense.

Shifts in Tense.

Two Pairs of Irregular Verbs.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Test 5-A: Common Errors Involving Verbs.

Review Test 5-B: Common Errors Involving Verbs.

Writing Paragraphs.

Coherence in the Paragraph Through Order of Importance.

6. Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun.

The Classes of Pronouns.

Personal Pronouns.

The Subject Pronouns.

The Object Pronouns.

The Possessive Pronouns.

The Relative Pronouns.

Who, Which, and That: Special Uses.

Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns: Pronouns Ending in -self and -selves.

Some Problems with Pronouns: Who and Whom.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Exercise 6-A: Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun.

Review Exercise 6-B: Using the Correct Form of the Pronoun.

Writing Paragraphs.

Coherence in the Paragraph by Using Transitional Words and Phrases.

7. Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference.

Agreement in Number.

Agreement in Person.

Pronoun Reference.

Avoiding Sexism in Pronoun Usage.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Test 7-A: Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference.

Review Test 7-B: Common Errors in Pronoun Agreement and Reference.

Writing Paragraphs.

Developing a Paragraph by Examples.

8. Compound and Complex Sentences.

Compound Sentences.

Tips for Punctuating Compound Sentences.

Complex Sentences.

Three Kinds of Dependent Clauses.

Adverb Clauses.

Adjective Clauses.

Noun Clauses.

Language Tips.

Review Test 8-A: Compound and Complex Sentences.

Review Test 8-B: Compound and Complex Sentences.

Writing Paragraphs.

Developing a Paragraph by Comparison and Contrast.

9. Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices.

Sentence Fragments.

Phrases as Fragments.

Noun Fragments.

Dependent Clauses as Fragments.

Run-on Sentences.

Comma-Splices.

Comma-Splices and Conjunctive Adverbs.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Test 9-A: Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma- Splices.

Review Test 9-B: Correcting Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices.

Writing Paragraphs.

Developing a Paragraph by Classification.

10. Confused Sentences.

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers.

Illogical Comparisons.

Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs.

Using Adjectives After Linking Verbs.

Using Adverbs to Modify Verbs.

Parallel Structure.

Correlative Conjunctions.

Language Tips.

Review Test 10-A: Confused Sentences.

Review Test 10-B: Confused Sentences.

Writing Paragraphs.

Developing a Paragraph by Process and Analysis.

11. Punctuation.

End Marks.

The Period.

The Question Mark.

The Exclamation Point.

Internal Punctuation.

The Comma.

The Semicolon.

The Colon.

Parentheses.

Dashes.

Quotation Marks.

Italics.

The Hyphen.

The Apostrophe.

Numbers.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Test 11-A: Punctuation.

Review Test 11-B: Punctuation.

Writing Paragraphs.

Developing Paragraphs by Cause and Effect.

12. Capitalization.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Test 12-A: Capitalization.

Review Test 12-B: Capitalization.

Writing Paragraphs.

Developing Paragraphs by Definition.

13. Spelling.

Some Suggestions.

Four Suggestions that Usually Work.

Forming the Plurals of Words.

Homonyms: Words Often Confused.

Spelling List.

Language Tips.

Writing Sentences.

Review Test 13-A: Spelling.

Review Test 13-B: Spelling.

Writing Paragraphs.

Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs.

APPENDIX A. Checklist for the ESL Writer.

Articles and Quantifiers.

Articles (a/an, the).

Quantifiers.

Problems with Verbs.

Learning to Use Phrasal Verbs.

Learning to Use Adjectives and Adverbs.

Common Expressions.

Using “used to.”

Using “when” and “if.”

Using “since” and “for.”

Using “-s” and “-es.”

Problems with Word Order and Unnecessary Words.

Adjectives.

Adverbs in the Sentence.

Other Problems with Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation.

Additional Reference Books for ESL Writers.

A Glossary of Usage.

Answers to Selected Exercises.

Credits.

Index.

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