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Book SynopsisGet good guidance on using English well English is a hard language to get right. It's all too easy to make simple mistakes, whether writing or speaking which can land you in embarrassing social situations or even cost you a job.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Basic English Grammar 5
Chapter 1: Getting a Grip on Grammar 7
Chapter 2: Language in Action 21
Part II: The Parts of Speech 31
Chapter 3: People to See, Places to Go, Things to Remember: Recognising Nouns 33
Chapter 4: Practising Pronouns 47
Chapter 5: Doing and Being Words: Verbs 65
Chapter 6: Describing with Adjectives and Adverbs 83
Chapter 7: Little Things Mean a Lot: Prepositions 101
Chapter 8: Joining and Commenting: Conjunctions and Interjections 113
Part III: Creating Correct Sentences 125
Chapter 9: Making Progress: Verbs Ending in –ing 127
Chapter 10: Revisiting the Past: The Perfect Tenses 139
Chapter 11: Searching for Subjects 153
Chapter 12: Adding Meaning with Complements 169
Chapter 13: Finishing the Job: Writing Complete Sentences 183
Part IV: Punctuation and Capitalisation 197
Chapter 14: Small Punctuation Mark, Big Trouble: Apostrophes 199
Chapter 15: Pausing for a Rest: Commas 213
Chapter 16: Who Said What: Quotation Marks 229
Chapter 17: Big or Small? When to Write Capital Letters 243
Part V: Grammar in Action 259
Chapter 18: Writing with Electronic Media 261
Chapter 19: Presentation Slides and Bulleted Lists 273
Chapter 20: Writing at School and on the Job 285
Part VI: Common Errors 299
Chapter 21: Spelling Your Way to Perfection 301
Chapter 22: Tricky Word Traps 311
Chapter 23: Avoiding Common Mistakes 323
Part VII: The Part of Tens 333
Chapter 24: Ten Easy Ways to Improve Your Writing Skills 335
Chapter 25: Ten Mistakes to Avoid 341
Index 347
