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Index
Title Page
Copyright
INTRODUCTION
THE SENTENCE: The Writer's Most Important Tool
CHAPTER 1
WHO CARES?: Making Sentences Meaningful to Your Reader
CHAPTER 2
CONJUNCTIONS THAT KILL: Subordination
CHAPTER 3
MOVABLE OBJECTS: Understanding Phrases and Clauses
CHAPTER 4
SIZE MATTERS: Short versus Long Sentences
CHAPTER 5
WORDS GONE WILD: Sentences That Say Nothing—or Worse
CHAPTER 6
WORDS GONE MILD: Choosing Specific Words Over Vague Ones
CHAPTER 7
A FREQUENTLY OVERSTATED CASE: The Truth About Adverbs
CHAPTER 8
ARE YOUR RELATIVES ESSENTIAL? Relative Clauses
CHAPTER 9
ANTIQUE DESK SUITABLE FOR LADY WITH THICK LEGS AND LARGE DRAWERS: Prepositional Phrases
CHAPTER 10
DANGLER DANGER: Participles and Other Danglers
CHAPTER 11
THE WRITING WAS IGNORED BY THE READER: Passives
CHAPTER 12
YOU WILL HAVE BEEN CONJUGATING: Other Matters of Tense
CHAPTER 13
THE BEING AND THE DOING ARE THE KILLING OF YOUR WRITING: Nominalizations
CHAPTER 14
THE THE: Not-So-Definite Definite Articles
CHAPTER 15
THE WRITER AND HIS FATHER LAMENTED HIS INEPTITUDE: Unclear Antecedents
CHAPTER 16
TO KNOW THEM IS TO HATING THEM: Faulty and Funky Parallels
CHAPTER 17
TAKING THE PUNK OUT OF PUNCTUATION: The Problem with Semicolons and Parentheses
CHAPTER 18
YOU DON'T SAY: Descriptive Quotation Attributions
CHAPTER 19
TRIMMING THE FAT: Expressions That Weigh Down Your Sentences
CHAPTER 20
THE MAJOR OVERHAUL: Streamlining Even the Most Problematic Sentences
CHAPTER 21
ON BREAKING THE "RULES": Knowing When to Can the Canons
APPENDIX 1
GRAMMAR FOR WRITERS
APPENDIX 2
PUNCTUATION BASICS FOR WRITERS
APPENDIX 3
THE DEADLIEST CATCHES:
The Most Incriminating Errors and How to Avoid Them
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