12: Grammar
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- 20701
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- 12.1: Grammar Introduction
- This page articulates the key objectives for the chapter.
- 12.2: Spelling
- This page covers spelling rules for common spelling mistakes.
- 12.3: Word Order and Sentence Structure
- This page cover basic sentence structure in English.
- 12.4: Questions and Negative Statements
- This page covers sentence structure with regard to negative statements and questions, both of which can be tricky.
- 12.5: Word Form
- This page covers word form, including prefixes and -- especially -- suffixes, which indicate part of speech.
- 12.6: Verbs and Verb Tense
- This page covers the basics and the tricky points of verbs and verb tense.
- 12.8: Other Verb-Like Words and Their Functions
- This page covers verbals and gerunds.
- 12.9: Count-Noncount (Collective) Nouns
- This page covers count and noncount (collective) nouns -- which many times are something that ELL writers need to work on. It affects a number of other grammar issues.
- 12.10: Articles
- This page covers articles. It is best to cover count/noncount nouns before learning articles.
- 12.11: Pronouns
- This page covers pronouns and pronoun reference.
- 12.12: Apostrophes- Posession and Contractions
- This page covers the confusing topic of apostrophes with possessives and contractions.
- 12.13: Subject-Verb Agreement
- This page covers the tricky points of subject-verb agreement, such as compound subjects.
- 12.14: Adjectives and Adverbs
- This page explains adjectives and adverbs.
- 12.15: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
- This page explains the construction and usage of prepositional phrases.
- 12.16: Commas
- This page covers all things comma.
- 12.17: Semicolons, Colons, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks
- This page covers some of the less-used punctuation marks.
- 12.18: Clause Joining and Punctuation
- This page covers punctuating when you join clauses and descriptive phrases together.
- 12.19: Extra Punctuation Practice
- This page provides some additional punctuation practice.
- 12.20: Run-On Sentences and Fragments
- This page provides practice identifying and fixing run-on sentences and fragments.
- 12.21: Grammatical Parallelism
- This page explains grammatical parallelism.
- 12.23: Extra Grammar Practice with Verbs
- Extra verb practice.
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