Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling

How to Use Grammar to Make Your Writing Powers Soar

By (author) Catherine DePino

Publication date:

07 February 2013

Length of book:

134 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781475802764

Excuse Me, Your Participle’s Dangling will give you all the bare essentials of grammar that you need to write like a pro. The book also offers a simple yet foolproof method of writing under pressure, the key to success in any college program or workplace. If you’re a businessperson, college student, or ESL student seeking a user-friendly grammar book that aims to make you a better writer, this book is for you! If you learn the information in one chapter each day, in less than two weeks, your writing will improve dramatically, and you’ll grow in confidence as a writer. You’ll also learn shortcuts to help you with all the types of writing you’ll do in college and on the job. Try all of them. They really work, and that’s a promise. To sum it up, grammar is only a means to an end, a tool to help you write better. That’s something your teacher probably never told you. By understanding grammar, you’ll learn how to express yourself beautifully in speaking and in writing.

1. Verbs: The Lifeblood of Sentences
2. How to Build a Sentence from Start to Finish
3. Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences: Big Time Blunders Corrected
4. Adjectives and Adverbs: How to Use Them Wisely
5. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers: How to Identify and Avoid Them
6. Commas, Part I: How They Help Sentences Make Sense
7. Comma, Part II: How to Punctuate Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses and Phrases
8. The Rest of the Punctuation Marks: All You Need to Know
9. Agreement Problems: How to Spot and Solve Them
10. Words Often Confused: How to Get Them Straight
11. Writing Style: What It Is and How to Get It
12. How to Write Under Pressure Using a Foolproof Plan

Does grammar frighten you? Do predicates and participles make you panic? Relax! With this book at your side, all those seemingly complex rules become clear. In a fun and conversational style, Dr. DePino takes the mystery out of grammar and shows you the way to clearer, more persuasive writing. This book will be an invaluable tool for novices to professional writers. I know it will have a permanent place on my desk.