Chapter1Grammarerroranalysis
1.1Subject/verbagreementproblem
1.1.1Fivekindsofsubject
1.1.2Rulesforsubjectverbagreement
1.2Pronounformandagreementproblem
1.2.1Rulesforpronounagreement
1.2.2Shiftofpronouns
1.2.3Otherproblemswithpronouns.
1.3Verbtenseproblem
1.3.1Tipsfortenses
1.3.2Shiftinverbtenses
1.4Verbformproblem
1.5Verbalproblem
1.5.1Gerunds
1.5.2Participles
1.5.3Infinitives
1.5.4Acomparisonbetweengerundsandinfinitives.
1.6Wbrdformproblem
1.6.1Usefulsuffixes
1.6.2Adifferencebetweenagerundandaderivednoun
1.6.3Correctcomparativeandsuperlativeformsofadjec—tives
1.7Wordchoiceproblem
1.7.1Correctusageoftake,make,anddo
1.7.2Wordseasilyconfused
1.8Wrongusageofarticles
1.8.11Indefinitearticles:aandan
1.8.2Definitearticle:the
1.8.3FirstVS.subsequentmention
1.8.4GeneralVS.specific
1.9Problemwiththepluralformofanoun
1.10Wordorderproblem
1.10.1Rulesforwordorder:inversionofsubjectandverb
1.10.2Wordorderinsubordinateclauses
1.10.3Othersituationsthatrequiresaninvertedwordorder
1.10.4Avoiding“squinting”modifiers
1.11Wrongattributiveclause
1.12Wrongsubordinateclause
1.12.1Independentclauses
1.12.2Threewaystocombineclauses
1.12.3Dependentclauses
1.13Parallelformproblem
1.13.1Elementsjoinedbyparallelstructure
1.13.2Avoidingproblemsofparallelstructure
1.13.3Incompletecomparisons
Chapter2Sentenceerroranalysis
2.1The“BigThree”sentenceerrors
2.1.1Fragments
2.1.2Commasplicesandrun—onsentences
2.2Danglingmodifiers
2.2.1Majorkindsofdanglingmodifiers
2.2.2Strategiesforrevisingdanglingmodifiers
2.3Fusedsentences/Mixedconstructions
2.4Problemswithsentenceshift
2.4.1Consistenceinpersonandnumber
2.4.2Consistenceinsubject,voice,andmood
2.4.3Consistenceinverbtense
2.4.4Consistenceindirectandindirectdiscourse
2.5Othersentenceerrorstoavoid
Chapter3Effectivesentences
Chapter4Punctrationandmechanics
Chapter5Powerfulparagraphs
Chapter6Essays
Chapter7Resumeandabstract
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