TY - BOOK AU - Choy,Penelope AU - Clark,Dorothy Goldbart TI - Basic grammar and usage SN - 1428211551 U1 - 425 22 PY - 2011///] CY - Australia, Boston, MA PB - Wadsworth/Cengage Learning KW - English language KW - Grammar KW - Composition and exercises N1 - Includes index; Unit 1; Identifying Subjects and Verbs --; 1; Sentences with One Subject and One Verb --; 2; Multiple Subjects and Verbs --; 3; Distinguishing Between Objects of Prepositions and Subjects --; 4; Main Verbs and Helping Verbs --; Unit 2; Subject Verb Agreement --; 5; Recognizing Singular and Plural Subjects and Verbs --; 6; Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects --; 7; Subjects Understood in a Special Sense --; 8; Subjects Joined by Conjunctions --; Unit 3; Identifying and Punctuating the Main Types of Sentences --; 9; Compound Sentences --; 10; Complex Sentences --; 11; Avoiding Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices --; 12; Correcting Fragments --; Unit 4; Punctuation That "Sets Off" Or Separates --; 13; Parenthetical Expressions --; 14; Appositives --; 15; Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses --; 16; Items in a Series and Dates and Addresses --; Unit 5; Pronoun Usage --; 17; Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns --; 18; Pronouns in Comparisons and Pronouns with -self, -selves --; 19; Agreement of Pronouns with Their Antecedents --; 20; Order of Pronouns and Spelling of Possessives --; Unit 6; Capitalization, More Punctuation, Placement of Modifiers, Parallel Structure, and Irregular Verbs --; 21; Capitalization --; 22; Additional Punctuation --; 23; Misplaced and Dangling Modifers --; 24; Parallel Structure --; 25; Irregular Verbs --; Unit 7; Paragraphs --; 26; Writing Effective Paragraphs ER -