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1、AMSCOAMSCOSCHOOLPUBLICATIONS,INC.315HudsonStreet,NewYork,N.Y.10013ContributingEditorsAuditiChakravartyDirectorofLanguageArtsAmscoSchoolPublications,Inc.BonnieBoehmeEditorNesbittGraphics,Inc.ThisbookhasbeenadaptedfromthefollowingAmscopublications:Buildin

2、gPowerinWritingByHenryI.ChristEnglishAlive:CompleteEditionByHaroldLevineTextandcoverdesign:NesbittGraphics,Inc.Composition:NesbittGraphics,Inc.Whenorderingthisbookpleasespecify:EitherR798WorGRAMMARANDUSAGEFORBETTERWRITINGPleasevisitourWebsiteatwww.amsco

3、pub.comISBN1-56765-117-8NYCItem56765-117-7Copyright©2004byAmscoSchoolPublications,Inc.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformwithoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.123467890807060504ContentsIntroduction:HowtoUseThisB

4、ookviiPartONEPartsofSpeech1TheSubject3ThePredicate7Verbs10ActionandLinkingVerbs13HelpingVerbsandVerbPhrases16VerbsinContractions19Nouns22CommonandProperNouns24PluralNouns27PossessiveNouns34CompoundSubjects38CompoundVerbs41NounsasDirectObjects45NounsasIn

5、directObjects48PronounsandAntecedents52PersonalPronouns55PronounsinContractions58ReviewofVerbs,Nouns,andPronouns61Adjectives68PredicateAdjectivesandPredicateNouns72Adverbs79FormingAdverbsfromAdjectives84RecognizingAdverbsandAdjectives86iiiReviewofAdject

6、ivesandAdverbs89Prepositions94PrepositionalPhrases98Conjunctions102Interjections108ReviewofPrepositions,Conjunctions,andInterjections111PartTWOSentenceComposition115CharacteristicsofGoodSentences116ComparingSentences117WritingSentences120RevisingSentenc

7、es121Clear,ForcefulSentences123Conciseness(Economy)123ClarityandSpecificity126VaryingSentences132Unity145PartTHREECommonUsageErrors149ProblemswithSentenceStructure150SimpleSentences150CompoundSentences151ComplexSentences152SentenceFragments155Run-onSent

8、ences164ProblemswithNouns171PluralsofNouns171PossessivesofNouns172ProblemswithVerbs175UsingtheCorrectTense175PrincipalPartsofVerbs177AgreementofSubjectandVerb181TroublesomeVerbPairs185ProblemswithModifiers189AdjectivesandAdverbsC