WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS
WRITING SKILLS
SUCCESS
WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS
IN 20 MINUTES A DAY
4th Edition
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NEW YORK
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Writing skills success in 20 minutes a day. --4th ed.
p. cm. Rev. ed. of: Writing skills success in 20 minutes a day / Judith F. Olson. 3rd ed. ISBN 1-57685-667-4 (978-1-57685-667-3) 1. English language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc. 2. English language--Composition and exercises. I. Olson, Judith F. Writing skills success in 20 minutes a day. II. Title: Writing skills success in twenty minutes a day. PE1112.O45 2009
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
PRETEST
LESSON 1
Capitalization General rules, specific rules regarding proper nouns and adjectives
LESSON 2
Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points Ending a sentence, alternate uses for periods
LESSON 3
Avoiding Faulty Sentences Sentence fragments, run-on sentences, comma splices
LESSON 4
Commas and Sentence Parts Relating commas to clauses and phrases
LESSON 5
Commas That Separate Independent clauses, items in a series, items in a date or address, two or more adjectives preceding a noun, contrasting elements and words
LESSON 6
Semicolons and Colons Introductions, subordinate relationships, common confusions with punctuation
LESSON 7
Apostrophes and Dashes Using apostrophes to show possession or omission; dashes to emphasize
LESSON 8
Quotation Marks Dialogue, direct quotations, other punctuation, double and single quotation marks
LESSON 9
"Designer" Punctuation Hyphens, parentheses, brackets, ellipses, diagonal slashes
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