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Other books by Arlene Miller:

?e Best Little Grammar Book Ever: ??? Ways to Impress with Your Writing and Speaking Correct Me If I'm Wrong: Getting Your Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage Right ?e Great Grammar Cheat Sheet: ?? Grammar, Punctuation, Writing, and Word Usage Tips You Can Use Now (ebook) www.bigwords101.com

The Best Grammar Workbook Ever!

Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage

for Ages 10 Through 110

Arlene Miller

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Petaluma, California

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Copyright © fl by Arlene Miller

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright holder.

Cover design by Matt Hinrichs

Interior formatting by Marny K. Parkin

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Miller, Arlene.

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Includes appendixes and index

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Contents

Practices and Tests

xvii

Acknowledgments

xxi

Introduction

1

How to Use This Book

3

Conventions Used in flis Book

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Pretest

5

Chapter 1: The Parts of Speech

13 .. Introduction .. Nouns ?e Five Types of Nouns .. Pronouns fi

Antecedents

Types of Pronouns

?ffi .fi. Verbs

Action Verbs

Linking Verbs

Tenses

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Irregular Verb Forms

Voice

Transitive/Intransitive

.. Adjectives

Other Types of Adjectives

.. Adverbs .. Prepositions .. Conjunctions fi

Subordinating Conjunctions

viii ? Best Grammar Workbook Ever ?.. Interjections ffifl ?.?. Using the Parts of Speech ffifl

Chapter 1 Test

26

Chapter 2: Sentences

27
ffi.?. Introduction: What Is a Sentence? ffi ffi.ffi. Subjects ffi

Complete Subjects

ffi.?. Predicates ffifi ffi.?. Objects ffifi

Direct Objects

Indirect Objects

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Objects of a Preposition

?fi ffi.fl. Predicate Words ffi.?. ?e Four Kinds of Sentences

Declarative Sentence

Interrogative Sentence

Imperative Sentence

Exclamatory Sentence

Chapter 2 Test

32

Chapter 3: Phrases

33
?.?. Introduction: What Is a Phrase? ?.ffi. Prepositional Phrases ?.?. Innitive Phrases ?.?. Participial Phrases

Present Participles

Past Participles

ffi ?.fl. Gerundial Phrases ?fl ?.?. A Few Words About Appositives

Chapter 3 Test

37

Chapter 4: Clauses

39
?.?. Introduction: What Is a Clause? ?.ffi. Independent Clauses

Contents fi ix

?.?. Subordinate (Dependent) Clauses

Adjective Clauses

Adverb Clauses

Noun Clauses

Chapter 4 Test

43

Chapter 5: Types of Sentence Structures

45
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Sentence Fragment

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Run-on Sentences

fl.?. Types of Sentence Structures

Simple Sentence

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Compound Sentence

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Complex Sentence

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Compound-Complex Sentence

fl.?. A Variety of Sentence Patterns

Chapter 5 Test

50

Chapter 6: Special Issues with Pronouns

51
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Problem: Cases - Is It

I or

Me? fl?

?.?. Demonstrative Pronouns and Adjectives: fiis, fiat, fiese, fiose flffi ?.?. Reexive Pronouns:

Using the

-self

Words Correctly

fl? ?.fl. Interrogative Pronoun Issues fl? Whose or

Who's? ffi

?.?. Relative Pronouns: Using

Who, Which,

and fiat

Correctly flfl

?.. Indenite Pronouns: Singularor Plural? fl?

Singular Indenite Pronouns

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Plural Indenite Pronouns

ffifl Indenite Pronouns ?at Can Be Either Singular or Plural ffifl ?.fi. Unclear Antecedents flfi

Chapter 6 Test

59
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Chapter 7: Special Issues with Verbs

61
.?. Introduction .ffi. Tense

Tense Trouble

Using the Past Perfect

.?. Irregular Verb Forms ?ffi .?. Verbs of Being

Adjectives After Linking Verbs

Pronouns After Linking Verbs

.fl. Voice: Active or Passive? ?fl .?. What Is Subjunctive Mood, Anyway?

Commands and Recommendations

?ings ?at Are Not True .. Using Strong Verbs

Chapter 7 Test

68

Chapter 8: Commas: Yup! A Whole Chapter

69
fi.?. To Comma or Not To Comma: ?at Is the Question fi.ffi. Series Comma (Oxford Comma) fi.?. Compound Sentences fi.?. Between Two Adjectives fi.fl. Introductory Elements

Introductory Words and Transition Words

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Introductory Phrases

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Introductory Clauses

?fi fi.?. Interrupting Material

Commas Needed

?fi

No Commas Needed

?fi fi.. Other Common Uses forCommas ffi etc., i.e., e.g.

Dates ??

Commas with Numbers

With Too 72

Direct Address

Setting o Academic Degrees

Addresses

Company Names

Contents fi xi

Contrasting Expressions and Elements

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When a Word Is Left Out

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Commas for Emphasis

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Letters and Emails

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Unusual Word Order in a Sentence

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Setting o

However

and ?erefore 74
Anyplace Where Not Using a Comma WouldBe Confusing fl fi.fi. Don't Put Commas Here!

Chapter 8 Test

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