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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Grammar Goofs
1. Incomplete Sentences
2. Gone and Went
3. Phrasal Verbs
4. Who/Whom
5. Compound Relative Pronouns
6. Nominative/Objective/Possessive Pronouns
7. To/Too/Two
8. Affect/Effect
9. Ending a Sentence with a Preposition
10. Starting a Sentence with a Conjunction
11. Misplaced Modifiers
12. Dangling Modifiers
13. Possessive Pronouns with Gerunds
14. Dual Possession
15. Double Genitive
16. Subjunctive Mood I: If I Were . . .
17. Subjunctive Mood II: I Demand That . . .
18. May and Might
19. Get, Got, and Gotten
20. Indefinite Pronouns: Each
21. Helping Verbs: To Have
22. Helping Verbs: To Be
23. Helping Verbs: To Do
24. Reflexive Pronouns: Myself
25. Double Negatives
Chapter Two: Punctuation Saves Lives
26. Comma Usage
27. Comma Splice
28. Apostrophes for Pluralization
29. Hyphens
30. Capitalization
31. Quotation Marks
32. Em Dash and En Dash
33. Ellipses
34. Missing Accent Marks
35. Semicolons
36. Possessives with Names Ending in S
37. Ending a Declarative Sentence with a Question Mark
38. Colons
39. The Vocative Comma
40. Pride Capitals
41. Scare Quotes
42. Punctuation for Currency
43. Apostrophes for Holidays
44. Run-On Sentences
45. Double Spaces After a Period
Chapter Three: Word to the Wise
46. Sex vs. Gender
47. Weather vs. Climate
48. Like vs. Such As
49. Irregardless
50. Set vs. Sit
51. Lay vs. Lie
52. Unique
53. Will vs. Shall
54. Than vs. Then
55. Less vs. Fewer
56. Loose vs. Lose
57. Literally
58. Number and Amount
59. Could of/Should of/Would of
60. A Lot vs. Alot
61. Weather vs. Whether vs. Wether
62. Breath vs. Breathe
63. Comprise
64. Everyday vs. Every Day
65. There/They’re/Their
66. Etc. vs. Ext.
67. Historic/Historical
68. Between vs. Among
69. That/Which/Who
70. Its and It’s
71. Whose and Who’s
72. Your and You’re
73. i.e. and e.g.
74. A While and Awhile
Chapter Four: High Style
75. Order of Adjectives
76. Further vs. Farther
77. Accept vs. Except
78. Redundancies
79. Clichés
80. Jargon
81. Singular “They”
82. Differences Between American English and British English
83. Contranyms
84. Gendered Professions
85. Religions and Their Adherents
86. Writing Numbers
87. “Verbing” and “Nouning”
88. Comparatives
89. Superlatives
90. Feel Good vs. Feel Well
91. Parallel Structure
92. Better Than He/Him
93. Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
94. Number Agreement
95. Orient, Orientate, and Oriental
96. Among/Amongst and While/Whilst
97. Discourse Markers
98. Demonstratives
99. Split Infinitives
100. Indeterminate Personal Pronoun Usage
Parts of Speech Cheat Sheet
Punctuation Cheat Sheet
50 Substitutions for Long-Winded Phrases
Glossary
Resources
About the Author
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