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Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling

How to Use Grammar to Make Your Writing Powers Soar
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 2013

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Excuse Me, Your Participle’s Dangling will give you all the bare essentials of grammar that you need to write like a pro. The book also offers a simple yet foolproof method of writing under pressure, the key to success in any college program or workplace. If you’re a businessperson, college student, or ESL student seeking a user-friendly grammar book that aims to make you a better writer, this book is for you! If you learn the information in one chapter each day, in less than two weeks, your writing will improve dramatically, and you’ll grow in confidence as a writer. You’ll also learn shortcuts to help you with all the types of writing you’ll do in college and on the job. Try all of them. They really work, and that’s a promise. To sum it up, grammar is only a means to an end, a tool to help you write better. That’s something your teacher probably never told you. By understanding grammar, you’ll learn how to express yourself beautifully in speaking and in writing.

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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-0277-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-0278-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
121
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Preface No access
    3. Introduction No access
    4. Acknowledgments No access
  1. 1 Verbs No access Pages 1 - 10
  2. 2 How to Build a Sentence from Start to Finish No access Pages 11 - 26
  3. 3 Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences No access Pages 27 - 30
  4. 4 Adjectives and Adverbs No access Pages 31 - 34
  5. 5 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers No access Pages 35 - 42
  6. 6 Commas, Part I No access Pages 43 - 54
  7. 7 Commas, Part II No access Pages 55 - 58
  8. 8 The Rest of the Punctuation Marks No access Pages 59 - 70
  9. 9 Agreement Problems No access Pages 71 - 80
  10. 10 Words Often Confused No access Pages 81 - 94
  11. 11 Writing Style No access Pages 95 - 102
  12. 12 How to Write Under Pressure Using a Foolproof Plan No access Pages 103 - 110
  13. Answer Key No access Pages 111 - 120
  14. About the Author No access Pages 121 - 121

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