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Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests, 2nd Edition
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Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests, 2nd Edition

by Carla C. Kirkland, Chan Cleveland
February 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
456 pages
14h 39m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 12

Giving Grammar a Glance

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Identifying the purposes of the parts of speech

check Understanding various sentence structures

check Reviewing the rules regarding punctuation and capitalization

check Watching out for misplaced modifiers, redundancy, and double negatives

check Homing in on homophones

You probably wince when you hear the word “grammar.” That’s okay; so do most people. Folks tend to run screaming when they hear the word because they imagine “grammar” as a set of “rules for the sake of rules” that some highfalutin’ person imposes on them in an effort to force them to speak “properly.”

Grammar rules aren’t rules “because someone says so.” Rather, grammar refers to the internal logic by which words in English — or any other language — connect to one another in speech or writing. This chapter reviews the rules you need to know to ace the Praxis Core exam by featuring selected-response questions that cover standard English usage, revision in context, and sentence correction. ...

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