English grammar essentials for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Wendy M. Anderson, Geraldine Woods, Lesley J. Ward
| English grammar essentials for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Wendy M. Anderson, Geraldine Woods, Lesley J. Ward |
| Autore | Anderson Wendy M |
| Edizione | [Australian ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milton, Qld., : Wiley, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
| Disciplina | 428.2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WoodsGeraldine
WardLesley J |
| Collana | for dummies |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-118-49329-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
English Grammar Essentials For Dummies; About the Authors; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Chapter 1: Grappling with Grammar; Grasping Grammar: Good and Proper; Using Aussie English; Having a Quick Squiz at Aussie Words; Choosing Levels of English; Labeling Words; Chapter 2: Controlling Verbs; Verifying Verbs; Simplifying Subjects; Making Subjects and Verbs Agree; Looking like Verbs: Verbals; Chapter 3: Completing Sentences; Having Subject-Verb Pairs; Expressing Complete Thoughts
Creating Completeness with Clauses Considering Fragments; Contemplating Complements; Completing Linking Verbs; Complementing the Object; Chapter 4: Peaking with Pronouns; Matching Pronouns with Nouns; Avoiding Vague Pronoun Use; Choosing Singular and Plural Pronouns; Pairing Pronouns with Collective Nouns; Selecting Pronouns as Subjects; Knowing Who or Whom; Comparing with Pronouns; Owning Possessive Pronouns; Reflecting on Reflexive Pronouns; Chapter 5: Modifying with Descriptions; Adding Meaning with Adjectives; ribing with Adjectives; Describing with Adverbs; Misplacing Descriptions Dangling a Description in Space Squinting Descriptions; Chapter 6: Punctuating for Meaning; Conquering Commas; Airing All about Apostrophes; Simplifying Semicolons; Clarifying Colons; Dealing with Dashes; Embracing Em and En Dashes; Chapter 7: Choosing Capital Letters and Numerals; Covering the Basics of Capitalisation; Deciding When to Use Numerals; Chapter 8: Avoiding Tricky Situations; Eliminating Sexist Pronouns; Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs; Being Clear with Even, Almost and Only; Understanding the Connection Between Which, That and the Comma; Creating Clear Comparisons Storytelling in Past or Present Tense Matching Up Two-Part Conjunctions; Ending the Problem with I or Me; Editing Out Empty Subjects: Its, Here and There; Ending a Sentence with a Preposition; Chapter 9: Reporting Speech and Quoting Others; Quoting Someone Else; Punctuating Block Quotations; Joining the Dots with Ellipses; Putting Brackets within Quotations; Recording Titles; Writing Conversation: Quotation Marks; Creating Scare Quotes: Aerial Quotation Marks; Chapter 10: Writing with Style; Building Better Sentences; Finding the Right Voice: Active and Passive Creating Writing That Flows: Cohesion Being Absolutely Clear: Plain English; Chapter 11: Creating More Accurate Documents; Summarising with Bullet Point Lists; Handling Addresses and Dates; Filling in the Rules for Abbreviations; Ensuring Effective Emails; Focussing on Visual Presentations; Presenting Perfect Bibliographies; Chapter 12: Ten Solutions to the Most Common Grammar Errors; Adding Apostrophes (Or Not); Reaching Agreement; Staying in the Right Tense; Splicing Sentences with a Comma; Running Sentences On; Fragmenting Sentences; Misplacing Modifiers Knowing When to Use Subject and Object Pronouns |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465115203321 |
Anderson Wendy M
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| Milton, Qld., : Wiley, c2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English grammar essentials for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Wendy M. Anderson, Geraldine Woods, Lesley J. Ward
| English grammar essentials for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Wendy M. Anderson, Geraldine Woods, Lesley J. Ward |
| Autore | Anderson Wendy M |
| Edizione | [Australian ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milton, Qld., : Wiley, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
| Disciplina | 428.2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WoodsGeraldine
WardLesley J |
| Collana | for dummies |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language |
| ISBN | 1-118-49329-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
English Grammar Essentials For Dummies; About the Authors; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Chapter 1: Grappling with Grammar; Grasping Grammar: Good and Proper; Using Aussie English; Having a Quick Squiz at Aussie Words; Choosing Levels of English; Labeling Words; Chapter 2: Controlling Verbs; Verifying Verbs; Simplifying Subjects; Making Subjects and Verbs Agree; Looking like Verbs: Verbals; Chapter 3: Completing Sentences; Having Subject-Verb Pairs; Expressing Complete Thoughts
Creating Completeness with Clauses Considering Fragments; Contemplating Complements; Completing Linking Verbs; Complementing the Object; Chapter 4: Peaking with Pronouns; Matching Pronouns with Nouns; Avoiding Vague Pronoun Use; Choosing Singular and Plural Pronouns; Pairing Pronouns with Collective Nouns; Selecting Pronouns as Subjects; Knowing Who or Whom; Comparing with Pronouns; Owning Possessive Pronouns; Reflecting on Reflexive Pronouns; Chapter 5: Modifying with Descriptions; Adding Meaning with Adjectives; ribing with Adjectives; Describing with Adverbs; Misplacing Descriptions Dangling a Description in Space Squinting Descriptions; Chapter 6: Punctuating for Meaning; Conquering Commas; Airing All about Apostrophes; Simplifying Semicolons; Clarifying Colons; Dealing with Dashes; Embracing Em and En Dashes; Chapter 7: Choosing Capital Letters and Numerals; Covering the Basics of Capitalisation; Deciding When to Use Numerals; Chapter 8: Avoiding Tricky Situations; Eliminating Sexist Pronouns; Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs; Being Clear with Even, Almost and Only; Understanding the Connection Between Which, That and the Comma; Creating Clear Comparisons Storytelling in Past or Present Tense Matching Up Two-Part Conjunctions; Ending the Problem with I or Me; Editing Out Empty Subjects: Its, Here and There; Ending a Sentence with a Preposition; Chapter 9: Reporting Speech and Quoting Others; Quoting Someone Else; Punctuating Block Quotations; Joining the Dots with Ellipses; Putting Brackets within Quotations; Recording Titles; Writing Conversation: Quotation Marks; Creating Scare Quotes: Aerial Quotation Marks; Chapter 10: Writing with Style; Building Better Sentences; Finding the Right Voice: Active and Passive Creating Writing That Flows: Cohesion Being Absolutely Clear: Plain English; Chapter 11: Creating More Accurate Documents; Summarising with Bullet Point Lists; Handling Addresses and Dates; Filling in the Rules for Abbreviations; Ensuring Effective Emails; Focussing on Visual Presentations; Presenting Perfect Bibliographies; Chapter 12: Ten Solutions to the Most Common Grammar Errors; Adding Apostrophes (Or Not); Reaching Agreement; Staying in the Right Tense; Splicing Sentences with a Comma; Running Sentences On; Fragmenting Sentences; Misplacing Modifiers Knowing When to Use Subject and Object Pronouns |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792190503321 |
Anderson Wendy M
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| Milton, Qld., : Wiley, c2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English grammar essentials for dummies / / by Wendy M. Anderson, Geraldine Woods, Lesley J. Ward
| English grammar essentials for dummies / / by Wendy M. Anderson, Geraldine Woods, Lesley J. Ward |
| Autore | Anderson Wendy M |
| Edizione | [Australian ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milton, Qld., : Wiley, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
| Disciplina | 428.2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WoodsGeraldine
WardLesley J |
| Collana | for dummies |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar
English language |
| ISBN |
9781118493298
111849329X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
English Grammar Essentials For Dummies; About the Authors; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Chapter 1: Grappling with Grammar; Grasping Grammar: Good and Proper; Using Aussie English; Having a Quick Squiz at Aussie Words; Choosing Levels of English; Labeling Words; Chapter 2: Controlling Verbs; Verifying Verbs; Simplifying Subjects; Making Subjects and Verbs Agree; Looking like Verbs: Verbals; Chapter 3: Completing Sentences; Having Subject-Verb Pairs; Expressing Complete Thoughts
Creating Completeness with Clauses Considering Fragments; Contemplating Complements; Completing Linking Verbs; Complementing the Object; Chapter 4: Peaking with Pronouns; Matching Pronouns with Nouns; Avoiding Vague Pronoun Use; Choosing Singular and Plural Pronouns; Pairing Pronouns with Collective Nouns; Selecting Pronouns as Subjects; Knowing Who or Whom; Comparing with Pronouns; Owning Possessive Pronouns; Reflecting on Reflexive Pronouns; Chapter 5: Modifying with Descriptions; Adding Meaning with Adjectives; ribing with Adjectives; Describing with Adverbs; Misplacing Descriptions Dangling a Description in Space Squinting Descriptions; Chapter 6: Punctuating for Meaning; Conquering Commas; Airing All about Apostrophes; Simplifying Semicolons; Clarifying Colons; Dealing with Dashes; Embracing Em and En Dashes; Chapter 7: Choosing Capital Letters and Numerals; Covering the Basics of Capitalisation; Deciding When to Use Numerals; Chapter 8: Avoiding Tricky Situations; Eliminating Sexist Pronouns; Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs; Being Clear with Even, Almost and Only; Understanding the Connection Between Which, That and the Comma; Creating Clear Comparisons Storytelling in Past or Present Tense Matching Up Two-Part Conjunctions; Ending the Problem with I or Me; Editing Out Empty Subjects: Its, Here and There; Ending a Sentence with a Preposition; Chapter 9: Reporting Speech and Quoting Others; Quoting Someone Else; Punctuating Block Quotations; Joining the Dots with Ellipses; Putting Brackets within Quotations; Recording Titles; Writing Conversation: Quotation Marks; Creating Scare Quotes: Aerial Quotation Marks; Chapter 10: Writing with Style; Building Better Sentences; Finding the Right Voice: Active and Passive Creating Writing That Flows: Cohesion Being Absolutely Clear: Plain English; Chapter 11: Creating More Accurate Documents; Summarising with Bullet Point Lists; Handling Addresses and Dates; Filling in the Rules for Abbreviations; Ensuring Effective Emails; Focussing on Visual Presentations; Presenting Perfect Bibliographies; Chapter 12: Ten Solutions to the Most Common Grammar Errors; Adding Apostrophes (Or Not); Reaching Agreement; Staying in the Right Tense; Splicing Sentences with a Comma; Running Sentences On; Fragmenting Sentences; Misplacing Modifiers Knowing When to Use Subject and Object Pronouns |
| Altri titoli varianti | English Grammar Essentials For Dummies - Australia |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910956866103321 |
Anderson Wendy M
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| Milton, Qld., : Wiley, c2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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