191 Easily confused words Over-used expressions Cliché Jargon Tautology Contracted words that should not appear in formal writing Words that cause problems ,QWHQVL¿HUVWKDWVKRXOG>HVSDULQJO\XVHG Superlative adjectives and adverbs Extra: Differ from or differ to? Different from or different than?Ĭhapter 13: Using direct and indirect quotations.
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179 Capitalisation Punctuation The full stop The comma The colon The semicolon The apostrophe Numerals in formal writingĬhapter 12: Word use and word choice. Participles in parallel Gerunds in parallel Sentences with coordinated words Revising non-parallel sentences Revising sentences with coordinating conjunctions Clauses that begin with ‘who’ or ‘which’ Avoiding anticlimax in parallel sentences ([WUD͐RGL❿DWLRQĬhapter 11: Capitalisation and punctuation. 163 Nouns in parallel Adjectives in parallel Verbs in parallel ,Q¿QLWLYHVLQSDUDOOHO Adverbs in parallel Prepositions in parallel 139 Pronoun case Using case accurately Extra: Note on ‘among’ and ‘between’ 5HÀH[LYHSURQRXQV Compound constructions Who, whom and whose Comparisons Pronoun-antecedent agreement Identifying and correcting number errors in pronounantecedent agreementĬhapter 10: Parallel construction. 99 More about fragments Run-ons Extra: Sentences with more than two clausesĬhapter 8: More about verbs.107 The stem of the verb The formation of tenses Simple tenses Continuous forms of simple tenses Perfect tenses Continuous forms of perfect tenses Irregular verbs Using tenses Active voice Passive voice Extra: More about participial phrases Verb moods: Indicative mood and imperative mood Subjunctive mood Using the subjunctive moodĬhapter 9: Working with pronouns. 83 Subordinating conjunctions Forming a sentence using subordinating conjunctions Extra: Using ‘because to begin a sentence Relative pronouns Restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses Testing for essential and non-essential elementsĬhapter 7: Fragments and run-ons. 65 First, and most common method of joining independent clauses Coordinating conjunctions Second method of joining independent clauses Adverbial conjunctions Extra: Using ‘however’ Third method of joining independent clauses Summary: CoordinationĬhapter 6: Complex sentences. 53 Identifying and correcting fragments Correcting fragments in paragraphs Identifying phrases Extra: Sentences that begin with a present participial phraseĬhapter 5: Compound sentences. 29 More about subjects Identifying subjects and verbs in sentences with prepositional phrases Identifying subjects and verbs in sentences with appositive phrases Identifying subjects and verbs in sentences beginning with ‘There is’, ‘There was’, ‘There are’ or ‘There were’ Extra: Sentences beginning with ‘There is’, ‘There are’, ‘There was’ or ‘There were’ More about verbs Adverbs Multi-word verbs iiiĬhapter 3: Subject-verb agreement.43 Simple present and simple past More about auxiliary verbs Making subjects and verbs agree in sentences where the VXEMHFWLVGLI❿XOWWR¿QG Extra: Sentences beginning with ‘A number’ and ‘The number’Ĭhapter 4: Fragments and phrases.
7 Identifying the subject Count and non-count nouns Pronouns Articles Adjectives Other parts of speech that can act as adjectives Sentences with more than one subject Identifying verbs Tense Sentences with more than one verb Extra: Some conventions of formal writingĬhapter 2: More about simple sentences. However, should any infringement have occurred, the publishers tender their apologies and invite copyright owners to contact them.ĬONTENTS Introduction.1 Chapter 1: Simple sentences. 1 2 3 4 5Įvery effort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright. Printed and bound in Australia by The SOS Print + Media Group. Senior Consultant: Managing Editor: Senior Project Manager: Custom Project Editor:ĭanielle Woods Jill Gillies Lisa D’Cruz Rochelle Deighton
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