Writers' Choices: Grammar to Improve Style Book

1. A FEW THINGS TO GET STARTED. Grammar. Syntax. Parts of Speech: Form and Function. Phrases. Subjects and Verbs. Sentences. Sentence Patterns. Independent and Dependent Clauses. Fragments. Base Sentences. Active and Passive Voice. Expletives. Coordination and Parallelism.
2.MODIFICATION. Modifiers of Nouns: Adjectives and Adjectivals. Modifiers of Verbs: Adverbs and Adverbial Structures. Modifiers of Adjectives and Adverbs: Qualifiers. Placement of Modifiers. Prepositional Phrases.
3.APPOSITIVES. What Appositives Look Like. How Grammarians Describe Appositives. How Appositives Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Appositives. Exercises.
4.APPOSITIVE ADJECTIVES. What Appositive Adjectives Look Like. How Grammarians Describe Appositive Adjectives. How Appositive Adjectives Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Appositive Adjectives. Exercises.
5.COMPOUND SENTENCES. What Compound Sentences Look Like. How Grammarians Describe Compound Sentences. How Compound Sentences Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Compound Sentences. Exercises.
6.RELATIVE CLAUSES. What Relative Clauses Look Like. How Grammarians Describe Relative Clauses. How Relative Clauses Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Relative Clauses. Exercises.
7.NOUN CLAUSES. What Noun Clauses Look Like. How Grammarians Describe Noun Clauses. How Noun Clauses Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Noun Clauses. Exercises.
8.ADVERB CLAUSES. What Adverb Clauses Look Like. How Grammarians Describe Adverb Clauses. How Adverb Clauses Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Adverb Clauses. Exercises.
9.GERUND PHRASES. What Gerund Phrases Look Like. How Grammarians Describe GerundPhrases. How Gerund Phrases Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Gerund Phrases. Exercises.
10.PARTICIPLE PHRASES. What Participle Phrases Look Like. How Grammarians Describe Participle Phrases. How Participle Phrases Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Participle Phrases. Exercises.
11.INFINITIVE PHRASES. What Infinitive Phrases Look Like. How Grammarians Describe Infinitive Phrases. How Infinitive Phrases Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Infinitive Phrases. Exercises.
12.NOMINATIVE ABSOLUTES. What Nominative Absolutes Look Like. How Grammarians Describe Nominative Absolutes. How Nominative Absolutes Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Nominative Absolutes. Exercises.
13.COORDINATION, PARALLELISM, AND BALANCE. How Grammarians Describe Coordination, Parallelism, and Balance. How Coordination, Parallelism, and Balance Are Punctuated. What You Can Do with Coordination, Parallelism, and Balance . Exercises. Glossary of Grammatical Terms.

Appendix A: Common Surface Problems.

Appendix B: Parts of Speech.

Appendix C: Basic Sentence Patterns.

Appendix D: Pronoun Chart.