Grammar and Style Choices for College Writers

This textbook provides a practical guide to grammar and style choices for college writers, giving students a basic vocabulary for thinking and talking about language use and enabling them to make purposeful choices in their writing.

Auteur

Olga Griswold is a professor of linguistics and TESOL at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. Jennie L. Watson is an instructor of composition at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Norco College, California.

Contenu

Introduction

Chapter 1. Understanding Sentence Parts

Chapter 2. Using Effective Punctuation

Chapter 3. Verbs: The Center of the Action

Chapter 4. Nouns: Tools for Complex Reading and Writing

Chapter 5. Using Grammatical Tools for Clarity

Appendix A. Editing for Subject-Verb Agreement

Appendix B. Editing for Verb Tense Consistency

Appendix C. Editing for Punctuation

Appendix D. Frequently Confused Words