

English Essentials, 3rd Edition
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Instructor Details
John Langan's English Essentials offers guidance through the grammar, punctuation, and usage skills needed for success in college and beyond. In short, English Essentials is an efficient, accessible, and helpful guide to mastering practical English skills. The book is divided into four parts -- Part One covers fifteen basic skills; Part Two offers more in-depth information about those and other skills; Part Three presents the essential skills of proofreading, and Part Four covers spelling improvement and dictionary use. This student-friendly organization and structure makes the book easy to navigate and a flexible guide.Each section provides essential instructions followed by ample activities to encourage learning in the best possible way: by doing.
Preface to the Instructor
Introduction
About the Book
Becoming a Better Writer
Writing Assignments
Part One: Fifteen Basic Skills
Preview
1: Parts of Speech
2: Subjects and Verbs
3: Irregular Verbs
4: Subject-Verb Agreement
5: Sentence Types
6: Fragments I
7: Fragments II
8: Run-Ons and Comma Splices I
9: Run-Ons and Comma Splices II
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
About the Book
Becoming a Better Writer
Writing Assignments
Part One: Fifteen Basic Skills
Preview
1: Parts of Speech
2: Subjects and Verbs
3: Irregular Verbs
4: Subject-Verb Agreement
5: Sentence Types
6: Fragments I
7: Fragments II
8: Run-Ons and Comma Splices I
9: Run-Ons and Comma Splices II
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
Writing Assignments
Part One: Fifteen Basic Skills
Preview
1: Parts of Speech
2: Subjects and Verbs
3: Irregular Verbs
4: Subject-Verb Agreement
5: Sentence Types
6: Fragments I
7: Fragments II
8: Run-Ons and Comma Splices I
9: Run-Ons and Comma Splices II
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
Preview
1: Parts of Speech
2: Subjects and Verbs
3: Irregular Verbs
4: Subject-Verb Agreement
5: Sentence Types
6: Fragments I
7: Fragments II
8: Run-Ons and Comma Splices I
9: Run-Ons and Comma Splices II
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
2: Subjects and Verbs
3: Irregular Verbs
4: Subject-Verb Agreement
5: Sentence Types
6: Fragments I
7: Fragments II
8: Run-Ons and Comma Splices I
9: Run-Ons and Comma Splices II
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
4: Subject-Verb Agreement
5: Sentence Types
6: Fragments I
7: Fragments II
8: Run-Ons and Comma Splices I
9: Run-Ons and Comma Splices II
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
6: Fragments I
7: Fragments II
8: Run-Ons and Comma Splices I
9: Run-Ons and Comma Splices II
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
8: Run-Ons and Comma Splices I
9: Run-Ons and Comma Splices II
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
Part Two: Extending the Skills
Preview
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
Part Three: Proofreading
Preview
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
Part Four: Related Matters
Preview
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index
Index
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