Unit 1 Basic Parts of a Sentence (1) Grammar 1) Subject and predicate 2) Hard-to-find subjects Writing Correcting: Sentence fragments Rewriting: Sentence-combining strategies
Unit 2 Basic Parts of a Sentence (2) Grammar 1) Object, complement and adverbial 2) Basic sentence structures Writing Correcting: Run-on sentences Rewriting: The importance of the subject
Unit 3 Modifiers: Adjectives Grammar 1) Degrees of comparison 2) Adjective word order 3) Position of adjectives in a sentence Writing Correcting: Comparison problems Rewriting: How to rewrite sentences
Unit 4 Modifiers: Adverbs Grammar 1) Kinds of adverbs 2) Position of adverbs 3) Order of adverbs Writing Correcting: Misplaced modifiers and -ly modifiers- Rewriting: Relationship and completeness
Unit 5 Modifiers: Appositives Grammar 1) Kinds of appositives 2) Position of appositives Writing Correcting: Clutter Rewriting: How to order your ideas
Unit 6 Conjunctions Grammar 1) Coordinating conjunctions 2) Correlative conjunctions 3) Subordinating conjunctions 4) Conjunctive adverbs Writing Correcting: Antecedent problems Rewriting: How to create compound sentence
Unit 7 Phrases: PrepositionalPhrases Grammar 1) Form 2) Functions 3) Common prepositions 4) Position 5) Punctuation Writing Correcting: Unnecessary shifts Rewriting: How to use passive voice
Unit 8 Phrases: Participial Phrases Grammar 1) Form 2) Functions 3) Position and punctuation Writing Correcting: Dangling modifiers Rewriting: Sentence emphasis
Unit 9 Phrases: Infinitive Phrases Grammar 1) Form ……
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