PREFACE vii
1 GRAMMAR 1
The Sentence 3
Case of Nouns and Pronouns: Subjective,
Objective, and Possessive 20
Agreement 32
Verb Tenses: Past, Present, and Future 48
Verb Moods: Indicative, Inlperative, and
Subjunctive 58
Verb Voices: Active and Passive 63
Modifiers 65
2 PUNCTUATION 81
Sentence Structure 83
Comma 94
Semicolon 121
Colon 125
Dash 131
Parentheses and Brackets 136
Question Mark 143
Exclamation Point 149
Quotation Marks 151
Points of Ellipsis 166
Apostrophe 172
Hyphen 182
Diagonal 216
1 GRAMMAR 1
The Sentence 3
Case of Nouns and Pronouns: Subjective,
Objective, and Possessive 20
Agreement 32
Verb Tenses: Past, Present, and Future 48
Verb Moods: Indicative, Inlperative, and
Subjunctive 58
Verb Voices: Active and Passive 63
Modifiers 65
2 PUNCTUATION 81
Sentence Structure 83
Comma 94
Semicolon 121
Colon 125
Dash 131
Parentheses and Brackets 136
Question Mark 143
Exclamation Point 149
Quotation Marks 151
Points of Ellipsis 166
Apostrophe 172
Hyphen 182
Diagonal 216
3 HOW TO
STYLE WRITTEN
ENGLISH: MISCELLANEOUS
MECHANICS 219
Numbers 222
Dates 228
Abbreviations 229
Generic Terms 232
Titles of Officials and Names of Their Offices 234
Forms of Address 238
Place-names 241
Titles of Publications and Works of Literature,
Works of Art, Musical Compositions, and
Other Works 245
Foreign Words 256
4 BEYOND THE SENTENCE: DICTION
AND COMPOSITION 261
Occasion and Intent 262
Organization 267
Tone 271
Revision 278
GLOSSARY / INDEX 293
ENGLISH: MISCELLANEOUS
MECHANICS 219
Numbers 222
Dates 228
Abbreviations 229
Generic Terms 232
Titles of Officials and Names of Their Offices 234
Forms of Address 238
Place-names 241
Titles of Publications and Works of Literature,
Works of Art, Musical Compositions, and
Other Works 245
Foreign Words 256
4 BEYOND THE SENTENCE: DICTION
AND COMPOSITION 261
Occasion and Intent 262
Organization 267
Tone 271
Revision 278
GLOSSARY / INDEX 293
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