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Introduction to Grammar Slammer
Grammar Slammer Topic List Introduction to Grammar Slammer How to Use Grammar Slammer Deluxe Style and Usage
Style and Usage Contents Sentence Fragments Run-On Sentences Dangling Modifiers Misplaced Modifiers The Right Pronoun to Use (Case) Possessive Pronouns Pronouns with Than and As Subject-Verb Agreement Indefinite Pronouns Pronouns Ending in -self Pronoun-Antecedent Problems The Subjunctive Comparisons Irregular Comparisons Comparison Problems Negatives Tricky Plurals The Verb To Be Capitalizing
Capitalization Contents Capitalizing Sentences Capitalizing Quotations Special Cases for Capitalizing Capitalizing Proper Nouns Names Not Capitalized Capitalizing Proper Adjectives Capitalizing Personal Titles Capitalizing Titles of Things Capitalizing in Letters Scientific Nomenclature Abbreviations
Abbreviations Contents Abbreviated Names and Social Titles Abbreviated Rank and Academic Titles Abbreviations After a Name Abbreviations of Geographical Features State and Province Abbreviations Abbreviations of Units of Measure Abbreviations of Units of Time Common Latin Abbreviations Abbreviations in Names of Businesses Acronyms and Pronounced Abbreviations Scientific Nomenclature Punctuation
Punctuation Contents Periods Question Marks Exclamation Points Commas Comma Contents The Three Most Common Comma Rules Commas in Compound Sentences Commas in a Series Commas with Paired Adjectives Commas and Introductory Words Commas After Introductory Phrases Commas After Introductory Clauses Commas with Interrupting Expressions Commas with Nonrestrictive Modifiers Commas with Geographical Names Commas with Dates Commas with Titles that Follow Names Commas in Addresses Commas in Letter Writing Commas in Numbers Commas with Certain Words Omitted Commas with Quotations Adding Commas for Clarity Commas with Adjectives Following Nouns When Not to Use Commas Semicolons and Colons Semicolon and Colon Contents Semicolons with Clauses Semicolons in a Series Colons with Lists Colons Before Quotations Colons Separating Independent Clauses Colons with Appositives Special Cases Using Colons New England Clam Chowder Quotation Marks Quotation Marks Contents Quotation Marks in Direct Quotations Question Marks and Exclamation Points in Quotations Other Punctuation Marks with Quotation Marks Quotation Marks in Dialogue Quotation Marks in Titles Titles Which Take No Punctuation Quotation Marks with Slang Definitions in Quotation Marks Single Quotation Marks Italicizing and Underlining Italics and Underlining Contents Underlining Titles Underlining Names Underlining Foreign Words or Abbreviations Underlining Words for Emphasis Underlining Items Which Name Themselves Titles Which Take No Punctuation Scientific Nomenclature Dashes and Parentheses Dashes and Parentheses Contents Using Dashes Dashes with Nonrestrictive Modifiers Using Parentheses Parentheses with Certain Numbers and Letters Punctuation Inside Parentheses Hyphens Hyphens Contents Numbers Written Out with Hyphens Hyphenated Prefixes and Suffixes Hyphenated Compound Words Hyphens for Clarity Dividing at the End of a Line Apostrophes Apostrophes Contents Apostrophes Showing Possession Plural Possessives Possessives with More than One Owner Apostrophes with Underlined or Italicized Items Apostrophes with Verb Contractions Apostrophes with Other Contractions Ellipsis, Bracket, and Virgule The Ellipsis Brackets (Crotchets) The Virgule (Slant Bar) Letter Writing
Letter Writing Contents Business Letters Business Letter Formats Friendly Letters Friendly Letter Format Envelopes Envelope Format Folding a Standard Letter Common Mistakes and Choices
Common Mistakes Contents Common Mistakes Index--Letter A A/An Absolute Modifiers Accept/Except Accuse/Allege Across/Acrossed/Cross Adapt/Adopt Administer/Administrate Aggravate/Irritate Ain't A hold/Ahold A lot/Allot/Alot Already/All Ready Alright/All Right Alternate(ly)/Alternative(ly) Altogether/All Together Always/All Ways American Grammar vs. British Grammar Among/Between Amount/Number Ante-/Anti- Anxious/Eager Anymore Anyone/Any One Anyway/Any Way Anyways Anywheres Apart/A part As/Like As To At after Where A Ways Awhile/A While Common Mistakes Index--Letters B and C Bad/Badly Because after Reason Being As or Being That Beside/Besides Between/Among Blatant/Flagrant Blond/Blonde Bring/Take British Grammar vs. American Grammar Burst/Bust/Busted Can/May Can't Help But Clipped Words Compose/Comprise Continual/Continuous Convince/Persuade Could Have/Could Of Credible/Credulous/Creditable Cross/Across/Acrossed Cult/Occult Common Mistakes Index--Letters D, E, and F Decisive/Incisive Different From/Different Than Diffuse/Defuse Disinterested/Uninterested Done as Verb Doesn't/Don't Due To Due To the Fact That Economic/Economical Emigrate/Immigrate Enthused/Enthusiastic Envious/Jealous/Suspicious Equivocal/Equivocable Especial(ly)/Special(ly) Everyone/Every One Everywheres Exalt/Exult Except/Accept Farther/Further Fewer/Less Flagrant/Blatant For Free Fortunate/Fortuitous Common Mistakes Index--Letters G, H, and I Gone/Went Good/Well Hanged/Hung Have or Had plus Ought Have after Could, Would, Should, or Will Healthful/Healthy Height or Heighth Hers/Her's Historic/Historical Hopefully Hypo-/Hyper- Hypocritical/Hypercritical I Hope/Hopefully Immigrate/Emigrate Imply/Infer In after Want Incisive/Decisive Incredible/Incredulous Indeterminate/Indeterminable Irregardless/Regardless Irritate/Aggravate Its/It's Common Mistakes Index--Letters J, K, L, and M Jealous/Envious/Suspicious Jiggle/Joggle/Juggle Judicious/Judicial/Juridical Just, Use of Kind Of, Use of Lay/Lie Leave/Let Lend/Loan Less/Fewer Less/Littler (More Little) Like/As Lie/Lay Literal(ly) Littlest/Least Loath/Loathe Luxuriant/Luxurious Macro-/Micro- Magnificent/Munificent Manic/Maniac May/Can Maybe/May Be Morale/Moral Common Mistakes Index--Letters N, O, P, and Q Nowheres Number/Amount Occult/Cult Of, Use of Of after Would, Could, Should, or Will Official/Officious Orient/Orientate Only, Use of Ought with Have or Had Perimeter/Parameter Persecute/Prosecute/Persecution/Prosecution Perspective/Prospective Persuade/Convince Prescribe/Proscribe/Prescription Presume/Assume Proscribe/Prescribe/Prescription Prosecute/Persecute/Prosecution/Persecution Prospective/Perspective Quash/Squash Quote/Quotation/Quotation Mark Common Mistakes Index--Letters R and S Raise/Rise Real/Really Reason with Because Regardless/Irregardless Renown/Reknown Says/Said Seen/Saw Sensual/Sensuous Set/Sit Should Have/Should Of Single/Singular Solid/Stolid Somewheres Sort Of Special(ly)/Especial(ly) Squash/Quash Strategy/Tactics Supposed to/Suppose to Suspicious/Jealous/Envious Sure/Surely Common Mistakes Index--Letter T Tactics/Strategy Take/Bring Tenet/Tenant Than/Then That/Where That There and This Here That/Which/Who Them/Those Then/Than There/Their/They're There's/Theirs/Their's To/Too/Two Tortuous/Torturous/Tortured Try And/Try To Turbid/Turgid Common Mistakes Index--Letters U through Z Unequivocal/Unequivocable Uninterested/Disinterested Unique (and Other Absolute Modifiers) Used to/Use to Want followed by In, Out, Off, Down, or Up Warranty/Warrantee/Warrant Ways after A Well/Good Went/Gone Where Followed by At Where/That Who/Which/That Who's/Whose Will Have/Will Of -Wise (Suffix) Would Have/Would Of Glossary
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