Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I   Grammar 101

1   Parts of Speech

2   Basic Phrases

3   Sentences and Clauses

4   Verb Forms

5   Verbals

PART II How to Find and Correct Mistakes

6   Writing Complete Sentences

7   Subject-Verb Agreement

8   Pronoun Problems

9   Verb Problems

10   Modification

11   Commas

12   Apostrophes

13   Semicolons and Colons

14   Quotation Marks

15   Dashes, Hyphens, and Other Punctuation

16   Capitalization

17   Parallelism

18   Grammar Etiquette for Digital Communication

Appendix A: Homophone Misspellings and Commonly Confused Words

Appendix B: Commonly Misspelled Words

Appendix C: Eggcorns: Incorrect Wording That Seems Correct

Glossary of Terms

Index