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Lester, Mark,

The McGraw-Hill Education handbook of English grammar and usage / Handbook of English grammar and usage English grammar and usage McGraw-Hill education handbook of English grammar & usage English grammar & usage Mark Lester and Larry Beason. - Third edition. - xii, 433 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Part I: Grammar 101. Parts of speech ; Basic phrases ; Sentences and clauses ; Verb forms ; Verbals -- Part II: How to find and correct mistakes. Writing complete sentences ; Subject-verb agreement ; Pronoun problems ; Verb problems ; Modification ; Commas ; Apostrophes ; Semicolons and colons ; Quotation marks ; Dashes, hyphens, and other punctuation ; Capitalization ; Parallelism ; Grammar etiquette for digital communication -- Appendix A: Homophone misspellings and commonly confused word.

Reviews the rules of English grammar, covering such topics as verb forms, subject-verb agreement, punctuation, capitalization, parallelism, who versus whom, and etiquette for digital communication.

ISBN: 9781260121674

LCCN: 2020304158

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Grammar--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language--Usage--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation.
English language--Grammar.
English language--Usage.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Handbooks and manuals.
Handbooks and manuals.

LC Class. No.: PE1112 / .L463 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 428.2 / L567m