Steve's Place, Table of Contents
Steve's Place, Table of Contents
a. Nouns
b. Pronouns
c. Verbs
d. Adjectives
e. Adverbs
f. Prepositions
g. Conjunctions
h. Interjections
a. Simple Subject
b. Simple Predicate
c. Complete Subject
d. Complete Predicate
e. Compound Subject
f. Compound Predicate
g. Direct Object
h. Indirect Object
i. Predicate Adjective
j. Predicate Nominative
a. Prepositional Phrases
b. Apppositives
c. Infinitives and Infinitve Phrases
d. Pariciples and Participial Phrases
e. Gerunds and Gerund Phrases
f. Absolute Phrases
a. Main Clauses
b. Dependent Clauses
a. Simple Sentences
b. Compound Sentences
c. Complex Sentences
d. Compound-Complex Sentences
e. Declarative Sentences
f. Imperative Sentences
g. Interrogative Sentences
h. Exclamatory Sentences
a. Dependent Clause
b. Phrase Fragments
c. Compound Predicate
d. Acceptable Uses
a. Run-on Sentences
a. Subject and Verb
b. Subjects Joined by and
c. Singular Subjects Joined by or or nor
d. Singular and Plural Subjects Joined by or or nor
e. Indefinite Pronouns
f. Collective Nouns
g. Plural Nouns
h. Inverted Word Order
i. Linking Verbs
j. Relative Pronouns
k. Every and many a Preceeding a Subject
l. Time, Money, Measurement, Weight, Volume, and Fractions
m. Titles and Words as Words
a. Compound Antecedents Joind by and
b. Singular Antecedents Joined by or or nor
c. Singular and Plural Antecedents Joined by or or nor
d. Collective Nouns
e. Indefinite Pronouns
f. Relative Pronouns
a. Subjective
b. Objective
c. We or us Before a Noun
d. Pronouns as Appositives
e. Elliptical Comparisons
f. Objects of Infinitives
g. Nouns Preceding Gerunds
h. Who and whom
a. Present
b. Past
c. Future
d. Present Perfect
e. Past Perfect
f. Future Perfect
g. Sequence of Tenses
a. Expressing a Wish, Contrary-to-Fact Clauses
b. That Clauses Following Verbs
c. Standard Phrases and Idioms
a. Modifying Nouns and Pronouns
b. After Linking Verbs
c. After Direct Objects
d. Using bad, badly, well, good
e. Making Comparisons
f. Double Comparatives and Superlatives
g. Illogical Comparatives and Superlatives
a. Coordination for Equal Emphasis
b. Excessive Coordination
c. Subordinaion to Emphasize Main Clause
d. Excessive Subordination
a. Prepositional Phrases and Dependent Clauses
b. Squinting Modifiers
c. Limiting Modifiers
d. Lengthy Modifiers Between Subjects and Predicates
e. Lengthy Modifiers Between Verbs and Complements
f. Lengthy Modifiers Within Verb Phrases
g. Split Infinitives
h. Dangling Modifiers
a. Broad Reference
b. Indefinite Use of it, they, and you
c. Clear Reference to One Antecedent
d. Reflexive Pronouns
a. Person and Number
b. Tense
c. Mood
d. Subject and Voice
e. Indirect and Direct Discourse
f. Grammatical Plan
g. Faulty Predication
a. Complete Comparisons
b. Omitted Words
a. Coordinate Elements
b. Compared and Contrasted Ideas
c. Correlative Constructions
a. Sentence Beginnings
b. Sentence Structures
c. Sentence Forms
a. Main Clauses Linked by Coordinating Conjunctions
b. Introductory Phrases and Clauses
c. Nonrestrictive Clauses
d. Parenthetical Expressions
e. Interjections, Direct Address, yes, no
f. Words, Phrases, and Clauses in a Series
g. Coordinate Adjectives
h. Absolute Phrases
i. Contrasting Phrases, Interrogative Elements
j. Expressions such as he said
k. Numbers, Addresses, Place Names, Dated, and Friendly Letters
l. To Avoid Misreading
a. Between Subject and Verb
b. Between Verb and Object
c. Between Preposition and Its Object
d. Between Adjective and the Word It Modifies
e. With Compund Elements joined by a Coordinating Conjunction
f. With Restrictive Elements
g. After such as and like
h. Before and after a series
i. Indirect Quotations
j. Before than
k. With Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points, or Dashes
a. With Main Clauses Not Joined by Coordinating Conjunctions
b. With Main Clauses Joined by Conjunctive Adverbs
c. With Long Main Clauses
d. With Phrases and Clauses in a Series
e. Misuses
a. Introducing a Series
b. With the following and as follows
c. Separating Main Clauses
d. Preceding Final Appositives
e. Introducing Long Quotations
f. With Subtitles, Subdivisions of Time, Parts of the Bible, Bibliographical Entries
g. With Formal Salutations
h. Misuses
a. For Parenthetical Elements
b. Preceding a Series
c. For Emphasis and Clarity
d. For Breaks in Tone
e. Preceding and Author's Name
a. Direct Quotations
b. Titles
c. Words Used in a Special Sense
d. With Other Punctuation Marks
e. Single Quotation Marks
a. Omissions in Quotations
b. Omissions of Prose Paragraphs and Lines of Poetry
c. Unfinished Statements
a. Enclosing Parenthetical Elements
b. Labeling Items in a Series
a. Periods in Statements, Mild Commands, and Indirect Questions
b. Periods With Abbreviations
c. Question Marks After Direct Questions
d. Question Marks Within Parentheses
e. Exclamation Points After Interjections, Strong Commands, Emphatic Statements
a. First Word of a Sentence
b. O, I, I've, and I'm
c. Titles of Works
d. Direct Quotations and Dialogue
e. Poetry
f. Proper Nouns, Proper Adjectives, and Essential Parts
g. Titles and Degrees
h. Abbreviations
i. Common Mistakes
a. Possessive Case
b. Possessive Pronouns
c. Contractions
d. Plurals of Letters, Numbers, and Words
a. Titles Before Proper Names
b. Titles Following Proper Names
c. Corporations, Organizations, and Countries
d. Common Abbreviations
e. Footnotes, Bibliographies, Parenthetical Comments
f. Common Mistakes
a. Titles of Works
b. Spacecraft, Aircraft, Ships, and Trains
c. Foreign Words and Phrases
d. Words, Letters, Numbers, Phrases, and Symbols
e. Emphasis
f. Titles of Papers
a. Broken Words at the Margin
b. Compound Words
c. Joining Descriptive Words
d. Numbers
e. Prefixes, Suffixes, and Letters
f. Suspended Hyphen
g. To Avoid Confusion
a. Spelling Out Numbers
b. Using Figures
c. Combining Figures and Words
d. Uses of figures
e. Beginning a Sentence
a. Visualization
b. Practice Writing
c. Pronunciation
d. Proofreading
e. Commonly Confused Words
a. Standard English
b. Slang
c. Regional Expressions
d. Obsolete Words
e. Technical Terms or Jargon
f. Pretentious Language
g. Sexist Language
a. Denotation and Connotation
b. Abstract, General, Concrete, and Specific Words
c. Idioms
d. Figurative Language
e. Trite Expressions
a. Empty Phrases
b. Needless Repetition
c. Redundancy
d. Euphemism
a. Overgeneralization
b. Oversimplification
c. Either / Or Fallacy
d. Post hoc Argument
e. Non sequitur
f. False Analogy
g. Ad hominem Argument
h. Association Fallacy