This best-selling sentence-level worktext by John Langan continues to help students master the essential grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and usage skills needed for clear, thoughtful writing. The eighth edition of Sentence Skills, Form A features new exercises and activities, a new visual program, and much more!
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| Effective Writing | |
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| Learning Sentence Skills | |
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| Why Learn Sentence Skills? | |
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| Your Attitude about Writing | |
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| How This Book is Organized | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| A Brief Guide to Effective Writing | |
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| What Is a Paragraph? | |
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| The Goals of Effective Writing | |
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| Activities in the Goals of Effective Writing | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Steps in the Writing Process | |
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| Activities in the Writing Process | |
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| Ten Writing Assignments | |
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| Sentence Skills | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Fragments | |
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| Run-Ons | |
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| Sentence Variety I | |
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| Verbs, Pronouns, and Agreement | |
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| Standard English Verbs | |
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| Irregular Verbs | |
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| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| Consistent Verb Tense | |
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| Additional Information about Verbs | |
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| Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View | |
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| Pronoun Types | |
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| Modifiers and Parallelism | |
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| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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| Misplaced Modifier | |
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| Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Faulty Parallelism | |
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| Punctuation and Mechanics | |
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| Paper Format | |
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| Capital Letters | |
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| Numbers and Abbreviations | |
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| End Marks | |
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| Apostrophe | |
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| Quotation Marks | |
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| Comma | |
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| Other Punctuation Marks | |
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| Word Use | |
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| Dictionary Use | |
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| Spelling Improvement | |
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| Omitted Words and Letters | |
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| Commonly Confused Words | |
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| Effective Word Choice | |
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| Reinforcement of Sentence Skills | |
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| Combined Mastery Tests | |
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| Fragments and Run-Ons | |
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| Verbs | |
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| Pronouns | |
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| Faulty Modifiers and Parallelism | |
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| Capital Letters and Punctuation | |
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| Word Use | |
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| Editing and Proofreading Tests | |
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| Fragments | |
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| Fragments | |
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| Run-Ons (Fused Sentences) | |
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| Run-Ons (Comma Splices) | |
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| Standard English Verbs | |
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| Irregular Verbs | |
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| Faulty Parallelism | |
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| Capital Letters | |
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| Apostrophes | |
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| Quotation Marks | |
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| Commas | |
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| Commonly Confused Words | |
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| Combined Editing Tests | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| How a Computer Can Help | |
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| Parts of Speech | |
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| ESL Pointers | |
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| Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test | |
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| Sentence-Skills Achievement Test | |
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| Answers to Introductory Activities and Practice Exercises in Part Two | |
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| Index | |
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| Corrections Symbols | |
