Excuse me, your participle's dangling! : how to use grammar to make your writing powers soar / Catherine DePino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DePino, Catherine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Participle.

English language.

English language--Verb.

English language--Grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield., 2013.

Summary:

Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling will give you all the bare essentials of grammar that you need to write like a pro. If you're a businessperson, college student, or ESL student seeking a user-friendly grammar book that aims to make you a better writer, this book is for you!

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1 Verbs; 2 How to Build a Sentence from Start to Finish; 3 Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences; 4 Adjectives and Adverbs; 5 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers; 6 Commas, Part I; 7 Commas, Part II; 8 The Rest of the Punctuation Marks; 9 Agreement Problems; 10 Words Often Confused; 11 Writing Style; 12 How to Write Under Pressure Using a Foolproof Plan; Answer Key; About the Author

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-4758-0278-1

1-299-18496-0

OCLC:

855502715