Understanding English Grammar Plus NEW MyCompLab -- Access Card Package

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Table of Contents:
  All chapters have Chapter Previews. Preface     Part I Introduction      1.    The Study of Grammar: An Overview   English: A World Language Three Definitions of Grammar   Traditional School Grammar Modern Linguistics   Structural Grammar   Transformational Grammar   The Issue of Correctness   Language Variety   Language Change   Language in the Classroom   Key Terms   Further Reading     Part II: The Grammar of Basic Sentences All chapters in Part II have Key Terms, Sentences for Practice, Questions for Discussion, and Classroom Applications   2. Words and Phrases  Form Classes Nouns and Verbs The Noun Phrase The Verb Phrase NP + VP = S Adjectives and Adverbs Prepositional Phrases The Structure Classes   3.    Sentence Patterns Subjects and Predicates The Sentence Slots   The Be Patterns   The Linking Verb Patterns   The Optional Slots   The Intransitive Verb Pattern     Exceptions to the Intransitive Pattern     Intransitive Phrasal Verbs   The Transitive Verb Patterns     Transitive Phrasal Verbs     The Indirect Object Pattern     The Object Complement Patterns   Compound Structures   Exceptions to the Ten Sentence Patterns   Sentence Types Interrogative Sentences (Questions) Imperative Sentences (Commands)   Exclamatory Sentences   Punctuation and the Sentence Patterns   Diagramming the Sentence Patterns   Notes on the Diagrams     The Main Line     The Noun Phrase     The Verb Phrase        The Prepositional Phrase     Compound Structures     Punctuation     4.    Expanding the Main Verb The Five Verb Forms   The Irregular Be Auxiliary–Verb Combinations   The Modal Auxiliaries   The “Future Tense”  The Subjunctive Mood   Tense and Aspect    Using the Verb Forms Exceptions to the Verb=Expansion Rule   The Stand-In Auxiliary Do     The Verb System of African American Vernacular English     5. Changing Sentence Focus The Passive Voice    The Passive Get    The Transitive-Passive Relationship    Patterns VIII to X in Passive Voice    Changing Passive Voice to Active Voice The Passive Voice in Prose    Other Passive Purposes The There Transformation Cleft Sentences   Part III:   Expanding the Sentence All chapters in Part III have Key Terms, Sentences for Practice, Questions for Discussion, and Classroom Applications   Form and Function   6.    Modifiers of the Verb: Adverbials The Moveable Adverbials Adverbs   Prepositional Phrases   Nouns and Noun Phrases   Verb Phrases     Dangling Infinitives   Participles as Adverbials   Clauses   Punctuation of Adverbials     7.    Modifers of the Noun: Adjectivals The Determiner   Adjectives and Nouns     Prenoun participles Prepositional Phrases   Relative Clauses   Participial Phrases     Passive Participles     Movable Participles     The Participle as Object Complement     Participles as Adjectivals or Adverbials   Punctuation of Clauses and Participles   Multiple Modifiers   Other Postnoun Modifiers     Infinitives     Noun Phrases     Adjectives     Adverbs       8.    The Noun Phrase Functions: Nominals The Nominal Slots   Appositives     Punctuation of Appositives   Noun Phrase Substitutes   Gerunds     The Pattern of the Gerund     The Subject of the Gerund     Dangling Gerunds   Infinitives     The Subject of the Infinitive   Nominal Clauses     The Expletive That     Interrogatives     Yes/No Interrogatives     Punctuation of Nominal Clauses   Nominals as Delayed Subjects     9.    Sentence Modifiers Nouns of Direct Address: The Vocatives   Interjections   Subordinate Clauses     Punctuation of Subordinate Clauses      Elliptical Clauses   Absolute Phrases   Appositives   Relative Clauses       10. Coordination Coordination within the Sentence     Punctuation     Elliptical Coordinate Structures     Subject–Verb Agreement     Parallel Structure   Coordinating Complete Sentences     Conjunctions     Semicolons     Colons     Diagramming the Compound Sentence     Part IV:    Words and Word Classes All chapters in Part IV have Key Terms, Questions for Discussion, and Classroom Applications   11. Morphemes  Bases and Affixes   Bound and Free Morphemes   Derivational and Inflectional Morphemes   Allomorphs   Homonyms   Compound Words     12. The Form Classes Nouns     Noun Derivational Suffixes     Noun Inflectional Suffixes     The Meaning of the Possessive Case     Irregular Plural Inflections     Plural-Only Forms     Collective Nouns     Semantic Features of Nouns   Verbs     Verb Derivational Affixes     Verb Inflectional Suffixes   Adjectives     Adjective Derivational Suffixes     Adjective Inflectional Suffixes     Subclasses of Adjectives   Adverbs     Adverb Derivational Suffixes     Adverb Inflectional Suffixes     13. The Structure Classes Determiners     The Expanded Determiner   Auxiliaries   Qualifiers   Prepositions     Simple Prepositions     Phrasal Prepositions   Conjunctions     Coordinating Conjunctions     Correlative Conjunctions     Conjunctive Adverbs (Adverbial Conjunctions)     Subordinating Conjunctions   Interrogatives   Expletives     There     That     Or     As     If and Whether (or not)   Particles     14. Pronouns Personal Pronouns     Case     The Missing Pronoun Reflexive Pronouns   Intensive Pronouns   Reciprocal Pronouns   Demonstrative Pronouns   Relative Pronouns   Interrogative Pronouns   Indefinite Pronouns     Part V:    Grammar for Writers   15. Rhetorical Grammar Sentence Patterns     Basic Sentences     Cohesion   Sentence Rhythm     End Focus   Focusing Tools Choosing Verbs     The Overuse of Be   The Linking Be and Metaphor     The Passive Voice   The Abstract Subject  Who Is Doing What?  The Shifting Adverbials     The Adverbial Clause     The Adverbs of Emphasis     The Common Only   Metadiscourse   Style     Word Order Variation     Ellipsis     The Coordinate Series     The Introductory Appositive Series     The Deliberate Sentence Fragment     Repetition   Antithesis Using Gender Appropriately   Key Terms     16. Purposeful Punctuation Making Connections     Compounding Sentences     Compounding Structures within Sentences     Connecting More Than Two Parts: The Series   Separating Prenoun Modifiers   Identifying Essential and Nonessential Structures   Signaling Sentence Openers   Signaling Emphasis   Using Apostrophes for Contraction and Possessive Case     Part VI   Glossary of Grammatical Terms     Appendix on Sentence Diagramming   Answers to the Exercises     Index