Improve Your Grammar : The Essential Guide to Accurate Writing /: The Essential Guide to Accurate Writing. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vanessa Jakeman, Ken Paterson, Mark Harrison.
• Authors: Jakeman, Vanessa; Paterson, Ken; Harrison, Mark
• Contents: IntroductionHow to use this bookKEY TERMSUnit 1: Parts of speechUnit 2: Parts of a sentenceKEY GRAMMARUnit 3: Singular or plural subjects and verbsUnit 4: Correct tense formationUnit 5: Using more than one verb tenseUnit 6: Modal verbsUnit 7: Using the passiveUnit 8: Direct and indirect questionsUnit 9: Conditionals (If...)Unit 10: Using adverbsUnit 11: EmphasisingUnit 12: Negative words and phrasesUnit 13: Gerunds and infinitivesUnit 14: Articles: a/an, theUnit 15: Relative clauses: who, which, that, etc.Unit 16: Comparing and contrastingUnit 17: Describing similarities and differencesUnit 18: Using noun phrasesKEY PUNCTUATIONUnit 19: Commas (1): correct usesUnit 20: Commas (2): incorrect usesUnit 21: Colons and semicolonsUnit 22: Hyphens, dashes and bracketsUnit 23: ApostrophesUnit 24: Inverted commasUnit 25: Capital lettersCONNECTIONS WITHIN SENTENCESUnit 26: Linking: contrastingUnit 27: Linking: addingUnit 28: Linking: causesUnit 29: Linking: resultsUnit 30: SignpostingUnit 31: Using pronouns correctlyUnit 32: Avoiding repetition of wordsPRODUCING GOOD SENTENCESUnit 33: Parallel structuresUnit 34: ParticiplesUnit 35: Incomplete sentencesUnit 36: Avoiding long and disorganised sentencesUnit 37: Avoiding too many short sentencesUnit 38: Building successful long sentencesFEATURES OF WRITINGUnit 39: Hedging (1); with verbs and adverbsUnit 40: Hedging (2): with adjectives and phrasesUnit 41: Giving a definitionUnit 42: Introducing an exampleUnit 43: CitingUnit 44: ParaphrasingUnit 45: Incorporating dataUnit 46: Formal language (1)Unit 47: Formal language (2)Unit 48: The language of argumentUSING THE RIGHT WORDSUnit 49: The language of critiqueUnit 50: Using prepositions (1)Unit 51: Using prepositions (2)Unit 52: Creating longer wordsUnit 53: Using single words for impactUnit 54: Using phrasal verbsUnit 55: Collocations (1)Unit 56: Collocations (2)Unit 57: Commonly misused wordsUnit 58: Commonly confused words: homonymsUnit 59: Key spelling rulesUnit 60: Common spelling mistakesUnit 61: Writing an email to your tutorUnit 62: Covering letters and CVsKeyIndex.
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (168 pages)
• Subjects: Study & learning skills: general
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350933644; 1350933643
• Related ISBNs: 9781350933620
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