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Grammar and Usage Simplified, 1/e

Dorothy Rubin, The College of New Jersey
©2005
ISBN: 0321122496
Format: Paper; 96 pages

Table of Contents

Preface.

1. Recognizing Sentences.

2. Nouns.

3. Nouns in the Singular and Plural.

4. Pronouns I.

5. Pronouns II.

6. Pronouns III.

7. Pronouns IV.

Summary of Pronouns and their Uses (Lessons 4–7).

8. Pronouns and Agreement, Including Sexism.

9. Subject of a Sentence.

10. Verbs.

11. Verbs as a Group of Words.

12. Agreement of Subject and Verb I.

13. Agreement of Subject and Verb II.

14. Agreement of Subject and Verb III.

15. Agreement of Subject and Verb IV.

16. Agreement of Subject and Verb V.

Review Practices (Lessons 1–16).

17. Simple and Compound Sentences, Including Information on Coordinate Conjunctions and Run-On Sentences.

18. Phrases, Independent and Subordinate Clauses

19. Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences.

20: Verb Tense I.

21. Verb Tense II.

22. Progressive Verb Tense.

23. Linking Verbs and Verb Voice.

24. Verb Mood.

25. Adjectives.

26. Comparative and Superlative Degrees of Adjectives.

27. Adverbs Including the Comparative and Superlative Degrees.

28. Contractions.

29. Words Showing Ownership or Possession.

30. Verbals—Participles, Gerunds, and Infinitives.

31. Special Usage Problems.

Post-test of Lessons 1–31.

Appendix I: Irregular Verbs.

Appendix II: Punctuation.

Answers.

Glossary.

Tips for Abbreviation and Capitalization Inside Front Cover.

Revision and Editing Checklists Inside Back Cover.

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