Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Foreword.
Contents.
1: Why Learn the Rules?.
2: Spoken and Written Language.
3: English Around the World.
4: Grammar.
5: The purpose of grammar.
6: Parts of speech.
7: Nouns.
8: Plurals.
9: Adjectives.
10: Comparatives and superlatives.
11: Article.
12: Determiners.
13: Pronouns.
14: Number and gender.
15: Verbs.
16: Adverbs.
17: Simple tenses.
18: Perfect and continuous tenses.
19: Participles.
20: Auxiliary verbs.
21: Irregular verbs.
22: Verb agreement.
23: Voices and moods.
24: Phrasal verbs.
25: Conjunctions.
26: Prepositions.
27: Interjections.
28: Phrases.
29: Clauses.
30: Sentences.
31: Compound sentences.
32: Complex sentences.
33: Using clauses correctly.
34: Managing modifiers.
35: Commonly misused words.
36: Negatives.
37: Relative clauses.
38: Idioms, analogies, and figures of speech.
39: Colloquialisms and slang.
40: Direct and indirect speech.
41: Punctuation.
42: What is punctuation?.
43: Periods and ellipses.
44: Commas.
45: Other uses of commas.
46: Semicolons.
47: Colons.
48: Apostrophes.
49: Hyphens.
50: Quotation marks.
51: Question marks.
52: Exclamation points.
53: Parentheses and dashes.
54: Bullet points.
55: Numbers, dates, and time.
56: Other punctuation.
57: Italics.
58: Spelling.
59: Why learn to spell?.
60: Alphabetical 0rder.
61: Vowel sounds.
62: Consonant sounds.
63: Syllables.
64: Morphemes.
65: Understanding English irregularities.
66: Roots.
67: Prefixes and suffixes.
68: Hard and soft letter sounds.
69: Words ending in -e or -y.
70: Words ending in -tion, -sion, or -ssion.
71: Words ending in -able or -ible.
72: Words ending in -le, -el, -al, or -ol.
73: Single and double consonant words.
74: The “i before e except after c” rule.
75: Capital letters.
76: Silent letters.
77: Compound words.
78: Irregular word spellings.
79: Homonyms, homophones, and homographs.
80: Confusing words.
81: Other confusing words.
82: Abbreviations.
83: British and American spellings.
84: More British and American spellings.
85: Communication Skills.
86: Effective communication.
87: Picking the right words.
88: Making sentences interesting.
89: Planning and research.
90: Paragraphing.
91: Genre, purpose, and audience.
92: Reading and commenting on texts.
93: Layout and presentational features.
94: Writing to inform.
95: Newspaper articles.
96: Letters and e-mails.
97: Writing to influence.
98: Writing to explain or advise.
99: Writing to analyze or review.
100: Writing to describe.
101: Writing from personal experience.
102: Writing a narrative.
103: Writing for the Web.
104: Writing a script.
105: Re-creations.
106: Checking and editing.
107: The spoken word.
108: Debates and role plays.
109: Writing a speech.
110: Presentation skills.
111: Reference.
112: Grammar reference.
113: Punctuation reference.
114: Spelling reference.
115: Communication skills reference.
Glossary.
Index.
Acknowledgments.
