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When bad grammar happens to good people : how to avoid common errors in English /

Main Author: Batko, Ann.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Franklin Lakes, NJ : Career Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
English language > Grammar
English language > Usage
English language > Grammar > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language > Usage > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
English language > Grammar.
English language > Usage.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Edward W. Rosenheim
  • Introduction : how do we learn to speak correctly?
  • Pretest
  • Grammar review
  • Chap. 1. Perplexing pronouns
  • Chap. 2. Vexing verbs
  • Chap. 3. Ambiguous agreements
  • Chap. 4. Mangled modifiers
  • Chap. 5. Problem prepositions
  • Chap. 6. Confused connections
  • Chap. 7. Puzzling plurals
  • Chap. 8. Mixing up words that sound the same
  • Chap. 9. Mixing up words that look the same
  • Chap. 10. Mixing up words whose meanings are related
  • Chap. 11. Made-up words
  • Chap. 12. Wasteful words and infelicities
  • Chap. 13. Mispronounced words
  • Review tests
  • Index
  • About the author and editor.

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