The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation

Jane Straus 지음

Wiley 2014년 01월 22일 출간

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A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guide

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations of grammar, punctuation, and usage; scores of helpful examples; dozens of reproducible worksheets; and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to students of all ages. Appropriate for virtually any age range, this authoritative guide makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated Eleventh Edition reflects the latest updates to English usage and grammar and features a fully revised two-color design and lay-flat binding for easy photocopying.

• Clear and concise, easy-to-follow, offering "just the facts"
• Fully updated to reflect the latest rules in grammar and usage along with new quizzes
• Ideal for students from seventh grade through adulthood in the US and abroad

For anyone who wants to understand the major rules and subtle guidelines of English grammar and usage, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation offers comprehensive, straightforward instruction.

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Preface and Acknowledgments xv

About the Authors xvii

Introduction xix

1 GRAMMAR 1

Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects 1

Clauses and Phrases 7

Pronouns 7

Who vs. Whom 12

Whoever vs. Whomever 13

Who, That, Which 14

Adjectives and Adverbs 15

Prepositions 18

Effective Writing 20

2 PUNCTUATION 25

Periods 25

Commas 25

Semicolons 30

Colons 31

Quotation Marks 33

Parentheses and Brackets 34

Parentheses 34

Brackets 35

Apostrophes 36

Hyphens 40

Hyphens between words 41

Hyphens with prefixes and suffixes 43

Dashes 45

Ellipses 46

Question Marks 47

Exclamation Points 48

3 CAPITALIZATION 49

4 WRITING NUMBERS 57

5 CONFUSING WORDS AND HOMONYMS 61

6 QUIZZES 125

Grammar Pretest 125

Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 1 127

Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 2 127

Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 1 128

Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 2 129

Pronouns Quiz 1 130

Pronouns Quiz 2 131

Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz 1 131

Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz 2 132

Who, Whom, That, Which Quiz 1 133

Who, Whom, That, Which Quiz 2 134

Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 1 134

Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 2 135

Prepositions Quiz 1 136

Prepositions Quiz 2 136

Affect vs. Effect Quiz 1 137

Affect vs. Effect Quiz 2 137

Lay vs. Lie Quiz 1 138

Lay vs. Lie Quiz 2 139

Advice vs. Advise Quiz 1 139

Advice vs. Advise Quiz 2 140

Their vs. There vs. They’re Quiz 1 140

Their vs. There vs. They’re Quiz 2 141

More Confusing Words and Homonyms Quiz 1 141

More Confusing Words and Homonyms Quiz 2 142

Effective Writing Quiz 1 142

Effective Writing Quiz 2 143

Grammar Mastery Test 144

Punctuation, C

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저자(글) Jane Straus

JANE STRAUS (1954–2011) was an educator and best-selling author with extensive experience teaching English to adult learners. She created The Blue Book because she found no resources that explained English rules “in plain English.” Straus also created the popular website GrammarBook.com. LESTER KAUFMAN is publisher of GrammarBook.com. He married Jane Straus in 1987, eventually retiring from his career in government to help with her website. TOM STERN is a veteran reporter and columnist. In 2012, his bimonthly newspaper column on English grammar and usage won a first-place award in the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest.