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Table of Contents Introduction 1 Part 1: The Questions 7 Chapter 1: Telling Time: Identifying the Verb and Choosing the Correct Tense 9 Chapter 2: Working with Irregular, Helping, and Descriptive Verb Forms 17 Chapter 3: One Cool and One Hot Topic: Forming Plurals of Nouns and Pronouns 27 Chapter 4: Reaching an Agreement: Pairing Subjects and Verbs 33 Chapter 5: Matchmaking: Pairing Pronouns and Antecedents 39 Chapter 6: Pronouns on a Case-by-Case Basis 45 Chapter 7: Forming Complete Sentences 53 Chapter 8: Moving Beyond the Basics: Adding Descriptions 59 Chapter 9: Going Long: Descriptive Phrases and Clauses 65 Chapter 10: Writing Gooder Better Comparisons 71 Chapter 11: Correct with a Capital C: Capitalization 77 Chapter 12: Exercising Comma Sense: Placing Commas Correctly 83 Chapter 13: A Smooth Ride to Meaning: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks 89 Chapter 14: Seeking Unity and Balance: Parallelism 97 Chapter 15: Cutting Repetition and Wordiness 103 Chapter 16: Breaking Patterns to Create Interesting Sentences 109 Chapter 17: More on Verbs: Voice and Mood 119 Chapter 18: Tailoring Your Writing for Electronic Media 123 Chapter 19: Choosing Language to Suit Your Audience 131 Chapter 20: Confusing Word Pairs 135 Chapter 21: Making Proper Word Choices 143 Chapter 22: Identifying Nonstandard Expressions 149 Part 2: The Answers 155

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