Identifying Subjects and Verbs -- Sentences with One Subject and One Verb -- Multiple Subjects and Verbs -- Distinguishing Between Objects of Prepositions and Subjects -- Main Verbs and Helping Verbs -- Subject Verb Agreement -- Recognizing Singular and Plural Subjects and Verbs -- Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects -- Subjects Understood in a Special Sense -- Subjects Joined by Conjunctions -- Identifying and Punctuating the Main Types of Sentences -- Compound Sentences -- Complex Sentences -- Avoiding Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices -- Correcting Fragments -- Punctuation That "Sets Off" Or Separates -- Parenthetical Expressions -- Appositives -- Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses -- Items in a Series and Dates and Addresses -- Pronoun Usage -- Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns -- Pronouns in Comparisons and Pronouns with -self, -selves -- Agreement of Pronouns with Their Antecedents -- Order of Pronouns and Spelling of Possessives -- Capitalization, More Punctuation, Placement of Modifiers, Parallel Structure, and Irregular Verbs -- Capitalization -- Additional Punctuation -- Misplaced and Dangling Modifers -- Parallel Structure -- Irregular Verbs -- Paragraphs -- Writing Effective Paragraphs. Unit 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. Unit 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. Unit 3. 9. 10. 11. 12. Unit 4. 13. 14. 15. 16. Unit 5. 17. 18. 19. 20. Unit 6. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Unit 7. 26.
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