108 Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade

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Learn to become an effective builder of sentences using the basic tools of grammar, punctuation, and writing.

Table of Contents
THE PARTS OF SPEECH
Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives .................................................................................................... 5
Verbs and Adverbs ......................................................................................................................... 15
Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections ............................................................................... 18
Parts of Speech at Work ................................................................................................................ 22
SUBJECTS AND VERBS
Subjects .......................................................................................................................................... 28
Verbs .............................................................................................................................................. 37
Terminal Punctuation .................................................................................................................... 49
CLAUSES, PHRASES & SENTENCE TYPES
Clauses ........................................................................................................................................... 51
Phrases ........................................................................................................................................... 56
Noun Phrases ................................................................................................................................. 56
Verb Phrases .................................................................................................................................. 60
Sentence Types .............................................................................................................................. 62
Creating Your Writing Style ............................................................................................................ 67
COMPOSING AND EDITING
Writing Paragraphs ........................................................................................................................ 69
The Writing Process ....................................................................................................................... 72
Sentence Errors .............................................................................................................................. 79
Punctuation .................................................................................................................................... 81
Capitalization, Spelling, and Commonly Confused Words – Homophones ................................... 85