Grammar by Diagram
Designed for anyone who wishes to improve grammatical understanding and skill. Using traditional sentence diagramming as a visual tool, the book explains how to expand simple sentences into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, and how to employ verbals and other structures for additional variety.
Print Book, English, uuuu
9781551117782, 1551117789
1029564497
AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Eight Parts of SpeechChapter 2. Basic Sentence Patterns for Be and Linking VerbsChapter 3. Basic Sentence Patterns for Intransitive and Transitive VerbsChapter 4. Usage Problems Associated with Adjectives and AdverbsChapter 5. Combining and Expanding Patterns: Compound StructuresChapter 6. Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Noun ClausesChapter 7. Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Adverb and Relative ClausesChapter 8. Usage Problems of Case, Agreement, and ConsistencyChapter 9. VerbsChapter 10. VerbalsChapter 11. Usage Problems Associated with Verbs and VerbalsChapter 12. Punctuation and CapitalizationChapter 13. Sentence TransformationsAppendix 1: Additional Exercises (no answers provided)Appendix 2: Verb Conjugations (See and Be)Appendix 3: Irregular and Troublesome Verb FormsAppendix 4: Summary of Clauses and VerbalsAppendix 5: Diagramming SummaryAppendix 6: Commonly Confused WordsAnswer KeyIndex