Introduction -- Part 1 Getting Started with Basic English Grammar -- Chapter 1 Getting a Grip on Grammar -- Chapter 2 Language in Action -- Part 2 Meeting the Parts of Speech --
Chapter 3 People to See, Places to Go, Things to Remember: Recognizing Nouns -- Chapter 4 Perfecting Pronouns -- Chapter 5 Doing and Being Words: Verbs -- Chapter 6 Describing with Adjectives and Adverbs -- Chapter 7 Building Relationships with Prepositions -- Chapter 8 Connecting and Commenting: Conjunctions and Interjections -- Part 3 Creating Correct Sentences -- Chapter 9 Making Progress: Verbs Ending in –ing -- Chapter 10 Putting the Past in Order: The Perfect Tenses -- Chapter 11 Seeking Subjects -- Chapter 12 Adding Meaning with Complements -- Chapter 13 Writing Complete Sentences -- Part 4 Punctuation and Capitalization -- Chapter 14 Applying Apostrophes Accurately -- Chapter 15 Catching a Break with Commas -- Chapter 16 Who Said What: Quotation Marks -- Chapter 17 Going Big: Capital Letters -- Part 5 Grammar in Action -- Chapter 18 Texting, Emailing, and Posting -- Chapter 19 Presentation Slides and Bulleted Lists -- Chapter 20 Writing at School and on the Job -- Part 6 Fine-Tuning Your Writing -- Chapter 21 Tricky Word Traps -- Chapter 22 Avoiding Common Mistakes -- Chapter 23 Finishing Touches: Advanced Grammar Topics -- Part 7 The Part of Tens -- Chapter 24 Ten Spelling Tips to Remember -- Chapter 25 Five “Always” and Five “Never” Rules of English Grammar -- Index.

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