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Introduction
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I. The Traditional Parts of Speech
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Nouns
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Traditional Classifications
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Properties of Nouns
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Plurals
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Case
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Agent and Recipient Nouns
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Conversions
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Pronouns
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Definition and Uses
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Properties of Pronouns
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Classes of Pronouns
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Personal Pronouns
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Possessive Pronouns
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Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
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Demonstrative Pronouns
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Reciprocal Pronouns
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Interrogative Pronouns
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Relative Pronouns
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Indefinite Pronouns
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Adjectives
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Types of Adjectives
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Articles as Limiting Adjectives
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Dates as Adjectives
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Position of Adjectives
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Degrees of Adjectives
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Special Types of Adjectives
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Functional Variation
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Verbs
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Definitions
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Infinitives
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Participles and Gerunds
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Properties of Verbs
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Auxiliary Verbs
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Adverbs
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Definition and Formation
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Simple vs. Compound Adverbs
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Types of Adverbs
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Adverbial Degrees
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Position of Adverbs
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Prepositions
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Definition and Types
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Prepositional Phrases
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Other Prepositional Issues
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Limiting Prepositional Phrases
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Conjunctions
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Interjections
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II. Syntax
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Sentences, Clauses, and Their Patterns
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The Four Traditional Types of Sentence Structures
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English Sentence Patterns
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Clauses
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Ellipsis
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Negation
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Expletives
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Parallelism
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Cleft Sentences
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Traditional Sentence Diagramming
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Transformational Grammar
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Overview
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Base Rules in Transformational Grammar
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Nouns and Noun Phrases
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Determiners
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Noun-Phrase Modifiers
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Verb Phrases
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Different Types of Principal Verbs
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Adverbials
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Transformations
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Spotting Ambiguities
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III. Word Formation
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Generally
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IV. Word Usage
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Introduction
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Troublesome Words and Phrases
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Bias-Free Language
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Prepositional Idioms
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V. Punctuation
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The Comma
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Using Commas
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Preventing Misused Commas
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The Semicolon
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Using Semicolons
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Preventing Misused Semicolons
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The Colon
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Using Colons
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Preventing Misused Colons
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Parentheses
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Using Parentheses
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Preventing Misused Parentheses
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The Em-Dash (or Long Dash)
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Using Em-Dashes
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Preventing Misused Em-Dashes
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The En-Dash (or Short Dash)
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Using En-Dashes
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Preventing Misused En-Dashes
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The Hyphen
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Using Hyphens
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Preventing Misused Hyphens
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The Apostrophe
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Using Apostrophes
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Preventing Misused Apostrophes
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Quotation Marks
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Using Quotation Marks
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Preventing Misused Quotation Marks
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The Question Mark
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Using Question Marks
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Preventing Misused Question Marks
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The Exclamation Mark
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Using Exclamation Marks
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Preventing Misused Exclamation Marks
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The Period
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Using Periods
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Preventing Misused Periods
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Brackets
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Using Brackets
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Preventing Misused Brackets
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The Slash (Virgule)
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Using Slashes
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Preventing Misused Slashes
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Bullets
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Ellipsis Dots
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Using Ellipsis Dots
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Preventing Misused Ellipsis Dots
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Select Glossary
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Sources for Inset Quotations
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Select Bibliography
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Acknowledgments
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Word Index
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General Index
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Pronunciation Guide
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