The Grammar Bible by Strumpf, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Epigraph Contents Preface Part I. The Parts of Speech

1: Nouns

Types of Nouns Properties of Nouns

Gender Number Person Case

Some Other Things You Should Know About Nouns

2: Verbs

Action Verbs and Linking Verbs Verb Phrases Characteristics of Verbs

Number Person Voice Mood Tense

Subject-Verb Agreement Conjugation Objects and Complements of Verbs Some Other Things You Should Know About Verbs

3: Adjectives

Types of Adjectives Degrees of Comparison Positioning the Adjective Some Other Things to Remember About Adjectives Determiners

4: Adverbs

Categories of Adverbs Degrees of Comparison Positioning the Adverb The Truth About Adverbs and Adjectives Some Other Things to Remember About Adverbs

5: Verbals

Participles Gerunds Infinitives Perfect Forms: A Last Point About Verbals

6: Pronouns

Types of Pronouns

Personal Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Reciprocal Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns Relative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns

Agreement Between Pronouns and Antecedents Some Other Things You Should Know About Pronouns

7: Prepositions

Partners of Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Some Things You Should Know About Prepositions

8: Conjunctions

Coordinate and Subordinate Conjunctions Some Other Things to Remember About Conjunctions

9: Interjections

Punctuation of Interjections

Part II. Dissecting the Sentence

10: Subjects & Predicates

Subjects and Predicates Defined

11: Sentence Types & Structures

Sentence Types Word Order

Declarative Word Orders Interrogative Word Orders Imperative Word Orders Exclamatory Word Orders

Some Other Things to Remember About Sentence Structures

12: Compound & Complex Sentences

Simple Sentences Introduction to Clauses Compound Sentences Complex Sentences

Relative Clauses Adverbial Clauses Nominal Clauses

Some Other Things You Should Know About Compound & Complex Sentences

Part III. Spelling, Vocabulary, & Punctuation

13: Spelling

Spelling Rules Heteronyms, Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs Other Confusing Word Pairs

14: Vocabulary

Definition Distinctions Word Origins Misused Vocabulary Peculiar Words and Phrases Some Other Things You Should Know About Vocabulary

15: Punctuation

History of Punctuation Rules of Punctuation

The Period The Comma The Colon The Semicolon The Apostrophe The Question Mark The Exclamation Point Parentheses Brackets The Hyphen The Dash Quotation Marks

Some Other Things You Should Know About Punctuation

Bibliography About the Authors Acknowledgments Glossary Index Copyright

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