Student Writing Handbook Fifth+Edition

412 / Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Tomorrow, the auto mechanic will show the SUV driver a diagram. (Showed is the verb. Showed ...

C h a p t e r 4 3 Usage aGreeMent of subJect and verb A singular subject takes a singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plu ...

414 / Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics -^ Some indefinite pronouns are always plural and take plural verbs: several, few, both, man ...

Usage / 415 -^ Words that end in –ics are usually singular, especially when they refer to a study, science, or practice. They ar ...

416 / Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Most errors occur when the pronoun is part of a compound object. To avoid the error, conside ...

Usage / 417 Ninth, use the pronouns who and whom the same way you would use he and him. Look at the way the pronoun is used in i ...

418 / Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics -^ Good^ is an adjective; well^ can be an adjective or adverb. As an adjective, well^ means ...

C h a p t e r 4 4 Phrases and Clauses verbals and verbal PHrases Verbals look like verbs, hence their name; but verbals function ...

420 / Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics GERUNDS A gerund is a verb-like word that functions as a noun and is characterized by its –i ...

Phrases and Clauses / 421 Present participles are usually characterized by their –ing endings, such as speak- ing or raining. Wh ...

422 / Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Noun Clause A noun clause characteristically starts with a word called a relative pronoun: w ...

Phrases and Clauses / 423 The author whose work I most admire writes only nonfiction. (The adjective clause describes the noun a ...

C H A P T E R 4 5 Punctuation coMMas Use a comma to separate items in a series. A series is made up of three or more nouns, verb ...

Punctuation / 425 Mr. Talbert, who is wearing the red flannel shirt, won the contest. (The adjective clause is nonessential, or ...

426 / Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics seMicolons Use semicolons in three situations: First, use a semicolon to separate two senten ...

Punctuation / 427 Second, use a colon to introduce a formal list. Words such as the following or as fol- lows frequently signal ...

428 / Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Use italics for foreign words, titles of long works (books, magazines, films), and for lette ...

Glossary abbreviation a shortened form of a word. A period after the shortened form indi- cates the abbreviation. Example: Sat. ...

430 / Glossary adverb 1. a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. 2. a group of words functioning as an adverb, notabl ...

Glossary / 431 anecdote a short, entertaining story of some happening, usually personal or bio- graphical, useful in introductio ...