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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 sentences Unit 7 Phrases: Prepositional Phrases 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 2) Functions 3) Position- 4) Punctuation Writing Correcting: Double negatives Rewriting: Important ideas of a sentence Unit 10 Phrases: Gerund Phrases and Absolute Phrases Grammar 1) Gerund Phrases 2) Absolute Phrases Writing Correcting: Missing commas with nonessential elements Rewriting: Intra-sentence coherence Unit 11 Clauses: Adjective Clauses Grammar 1) Functions and form 2) Kinds 3) Introducers Writing Correcting: Lack of subject-verb agreement Rewriting: Inter-sentence coherence Unit 12 Clauses: Adverbial Clauses Grammar 1) Functions 2) Form and kinds 3) Punctuation 4) Position Writing Correcting: Misuse of articles Rewriting: Loose/Periodic sentences Unit 13 Noun Clauses: Subject Clauses and Predicative Clauses Grammar 1) Form and kinds 2) Subject clauses 3) Predicative clauses Writing Correcting: Faulty coordination/subordination Rewriting: How to expand a sentence Unit 14 Noun Clauses: Object Clauses and Appositive Clauses Grammar 1 )Object clauses 2) Appositive clauses Writing Correcting: Mixed construction Rewriting: Variety in sentence length Unit 15 Sentences Grammar 1) Simple sentences 2) Compound sentences 3) Complex sentences 4) Compound-complex sentences Writing Correcting: Choppy/Stringy sentences Rewriting: Variety in sentence structure Key to the Exercises Bibliography