English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, with Online Practice, 3rd Edition

Index

A

1. ‘a,’ 112–113
2. abbreviations
   1. capital letters and, 181–182
   2. using, 190
3. ‘accept’/‘except,’ 280
4. acronyms, 9, 181
5. action verbs, 16, 23
6. active verbs/voice, 201–203
7. addresses, commas in, 150–152
8. adjectives
   1. about, 107–109
   2. articles, 112–113
   3. ‘bad/badly,’ 111–112
   4. comparisons, 113–117
   5. descriptors, 117
   6. example answers, 108–109, 109–110, 118–124
   7. example questions, 108, 109
   8. ‘good/well,’ 111–112
   9. placing, 109–110
9. adverbs
   1. about, 107–109
   2. ‘bad/badly,’ 111–112
   3. comparisons, 113–117
   4. descriptors, 117
   5. example answers, 108–109, 118–124
   6. example questions, 108
   7. ‘good/well,’ 111–112
   8. placing, 109–110
10. ‘affect’/‘effect,’ 280
11. American English, 141
12. American Psychological Association (APA), 175
13. ‘an,’ 112–113
14. answers, example
    1. active verbs/voice, 202–203
    2. adjectives, 108–109, 109–110, 118–124
    3. adverbs, 108–109, 118–124
    4. apostrophes, 128–129, 130–131, 133–136
    5. articles, 112–113
    6. audience, 188–190
    7. capital letters, 176–177, 178, 179–180, 180–181, 181–182, 183–186
    8. checking for complete thoughts, 31–32
    9. choosing verbs for negative expressions, 18
    10. clarity, 256–257, 258–259, 260–261, 262–263, 264–265, 266–267, 268, 270–276
    11. clauses, 216, 217–218, 219–220, 221–223
    12. colons, 169, 171–174
    13. combined sentences, 153
    14. commas, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154–155, 156, 158–163
    15. commonly confused words, 280–281
    16. comparisons, 114–115
    17. complete sentences, 37–38, 40–44
    18. contractions, 130–131
    19. counting, 281–282
    20. dashes, 166–167, 171–174
    21. dates, 152
    22. descriptions, 156
    23. descriptive words, 256–257, 258–259, 260–261, 262–263
    24. direct quotation, 140