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" Grammar essentials. "
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BL
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Record Number
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1047591
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b801961
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Title & Author
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Grammar essentials.
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Edition Statement
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3rd ed.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: LearningExpress,, ©2006.
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Page. NO
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vii, 209 pages ;; 26 cm
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ISBN
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1576853063
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: 1576855414
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: 9781576853061
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: 9781576855416
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Notes
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Revised edition of: Grammar essentials / Judith F. Olson. 2nd ed. c2000.
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Contents
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The right way to write -- What is a sentence, anyway? -- Filling out sentence fragments -- Putting a stop to going on and on -- Good beginnings, good endings -- Comma sense -- More jobs for commas -- Getting fancy with semicolons and colons -- Controlling quotation marks -- The mysteries of apostrophes and dashes -- The finer points of punctuation -- Verbs that follow the rules -- Rebellious verbs -- Don't be tense about verbs -- Making subjects and verbs agree -- Beating the pronoun odds -- Problem verbs and pronouns -- Modifier etiquette -- Tricky words -- More tricky words.
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Abstract
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Presents twenty lessons on sentences, parts of speech, and punctuation, providing real-world examples, and features "grammar IQ" quizzes at the beginning of each chapter and a final exam.
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Subject
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English language-- Grammar, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Subject
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English language-- Grammar.
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Dewey Classification
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428.2
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LC Classification
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PE1112.O43 2006
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LearningExpress (Organization)
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