... INTRODUCTION vii How To Use This Book Grammar and Usage for Better Writing is a basic workbook that can provide a founda- tion for further study in English grammar and usage. It will benefit students ... Harold Levine Text and cover design: Nesbitt Graphics, Inc. Composition: Nesbitt Graphics, Inc. When ordering this book please specify: Either R 798 W or GRAMMAR AND USA...
... gently
toward his chin. Curious, Gulliver bent his eyes downward and saw that it
was a six-inch human, armed with bow and arrow, and followed by about
forty similar creatures. So loud did Gulliver roar in ... violent South Sea storm in 1699, and very
nearly lost his life, but managed somehow to swim ashore. The land he
had come to was not inhabited—at least it seemed so.
For nine ho...
... Clincher
Sentence
Choices 2 and 4 are better. Choice 2 builds on the hints in the para-
graph that the things for which we stand in line are not too important,
and it suggests that there are better uses for the ... to mail a
package, and in the bank we stand in line to wait for the teller to help us.
7
Even when we go to the movies to enjoy ourselves, we must often wait in
long li...
... surprised V.
and amused the audience.
S.
D.O.
2. Have some yogurt and fruit. V.
S.
D.O.
3. Are the snow and ice melting? V.
S.
D.O.
4. The World Wide Web and television V.
provide information and entertainment.
S.
D.O.
5. ... was Ellen’s, and the handwriting was ______________, too.
EXERCISE 2.
Find the pronoun (
PRON
.) and its antecedent (
ANTECED
.), and write
them in the s...
... neighbor.
Plural Nouns
Nouns have a singular form and a plural form.
The singular is the form that means only one:
boy, girl, soda, hamburger, etc.
The plural is the form that means more than one:
boys, ... snow is predicted.
Did Terry and Mallika agree with you?
1. Vermont and New Hampshire are next to
each other.
Terry and Mallika
Rain or snow
2. Are onions, lettuce, and carrots o...
... connects the
and .
1. We were warm and comfortable.
The conjunction connects the
and .
2. The meal was delicious but cheap.
The conjunction connects the
and .
3. Jim called at noon and in the ... tired and in an angry mood.
Donna was tired and angry.
My neighbor and I are sports fans.
Correct
1. We were treated decently and with fairness.
2. The problem has been discussed fr...
... king
3. english and history 8. grandma and aunt louise
4. the planet saturn 9. in the southwest near phoenix
5. fourth of july holiday 10. fire island national seashore
218 COMMON USAGE ERRORS
EXERCISE ... COMMON USAGE ERRORS
“Oh! yes—I understand you perfectly.”
“I wish I might take this for a compliment; but
to be so easily seen through I am afraid is piti-
ful.”
—from Jane Austen...