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More About This Title The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes, Eleventh Edition
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations of grammar, punctuation, and usage; scores of helpful examples; dozens of reproducible worksheets; and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to students of all ages. Appropriate for virtually any age range, this authoritative guide makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated Eleventh Edition reflects the latest updates to English usage and grammar and features a fully revised two-color design and lay-flat binding for easy photocopying.
- Clear and concise, easy-to-follow, offering "just the facts"
- Fully updated to reflect the latest rules in grammar and usage along with new quizzes
- Ideal for students from seventh grade through adulthood in the US and abroad
For anyone who wants to understand the major rules and subtle guidelines of English grammar and usage, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation offers comprehensive, straightforward instruction.
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JANE STRAUS (1954 - 2011) was an educator and best-selling author with extensive experience teaching English to adult learners. She created The Blue Book because she found no resources that explained English rules "in plain English." Straus also created the popular website GrammarBook.com.
LESTER KAUFMAN is publisher of GrammarBook.com. He married Jane Straus in 1987, eventually retiring from his career in government to help with her website.
TOM STERN is a veteran reporter and columnist. In 2012, his bimonthly newspaper column on English grammar and usage won a first-place award in the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest.
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Preface and Acknowledgments xv
About the Authors xvii
Introduction xix
1 GRAMMAR 1
Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects 1
Clauses and Phrases 7
Pronouns 7
Who vs. Whom 12
Whoever vs. Whomever 13
Who, That, Which 14
Adjectives and Adverbs 15
Prepositions 18
Effective Writing 20
2 PUNCTUATION 25
Periods 25
Commas 25
Semicolons 30
Colons 31
Quotation Marks 33
Parentheses and Brackets 34
Parentheses 34
Brackets 35
Apostrophes 36
Hyphens 40
Hyphens between words 41
Hyphens with prefixes and suffixes 43
Dashes 45
Ellipses 46
Question Marks 47
Exclamation Points 48
3 CAPITALIZATION 49
4 WRITING NUMBERS 57
5 CONFUSING WORDS AND HOMONYMS 61
6 QUIZZES 125
Grammar Pretest 125
Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 1 127
Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 2 127
Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 1 128
Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 2 129
Pronouns Quiz 1 130
Pronouns Quiz 2 131
Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz 1 131
Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz 2 132
Who, Whom, That, Which Quiz 1 133
Who, Whom, That, Which Quiz 2 134
Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 1 134
Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 2 135
Prepositions Quiz 1 136
Prepositions Quiz 2 136
Affect vs. Effect Quiz 1 137
Affect vs. Effect Quiz 2 137
Lay vs. Lie Quiz 1 138
Lay vs. Lie Quiz 2 139
Advice vs. Advise Quiz 1 139
Advice vs. Advise Quiz 2 140
Their vs. There vs. They’re Quiz 1 140
Their vs. There vs. They’re Quiz 2 141
More Confusing Words and Homonyms Quiz 1 141
More Confusing Words and Homonyms Quiz 2 142
Effective Writing Quiz 1 142
Effective Writing Quiz 2 143
Grammar Mastery Test 144
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Pretest 145
Commas and Periods Quiz 1 147
Commas and Periods Quiz 2 148
Semicolons and Colons Quiz 1 149
Semicolons and Colons Quiz 2 150
Question Marks and Quotation Marks Quiz 1 151
Question Marks and Quotation Marks Quiz 2 152
Parentheses and Brackets Quiz 1 152
Parentheses and Brackets Quiz 2 153
Apostrophes Quiz 1 153
Apostrophes Quiz 2 154
Hyphens Between Words Quiz 1 154
Hyphens Between Words Quiz 2 155
Hyphens with Prefixes and Suffixes Quiz 1 156
Hyphens with Prefixes and Suffixes Quiz 2 156
Capitalization Quiz 1 157
Capitalization Quiz 2 157
Writing Numbers Quiz 1 158
Writing Numbers Quiz 2 158
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Mastery Test 159
7 ANSWERS TO QUIZZES 161
Grammar Pretest Answers 161
Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 1 Answers 163
Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects Quiz 2 Answers 163
Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 1 Answers 164
Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz 2 Answers 165
Pronouns Quiz 1 Answers 165
Pronouns Quiz 2 Answers 166
Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz 1 Answers 167
Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever Quiz 2 Answers 168
Who, Whom, That, Which Quiz 1 Answers 168
Who, Whom, That, Which Quiz 2 Answers 169
Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 1 Answers 169
Adjectives and Adverbs Quiz 2 Answers 170
Prepositions Quiz 1 Answers 171
Prepositions Quiz 2 Answers 171
Affect vs. Effect Quiz 1 Answers 172
Affect vs. Effect Quiz 2 Answers 172
Lay vs. Lie Quiz 1 Answers 173
Lay vs. Lie Quiz 2 Answers 173
Advice vs. Advise Quiz 1 Answers 174
Advice vs. Advise Quiz 2 Answers 174
Their vs. There vs. They’re Quiz 1 Answers 175
Their vs. There vs. They’re Quiz 2 Answers 175
More Confusing Words and Homonyms Quiz 1 Answers 176
More Confusing Words and Homonyms Quiz 2 Answers 176
Effective Writing Quiz 1 Answers 177
Effective Writing Quiz 2 Answers 178
Grammar Mastery Test Answers 179
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Pretest Answers 181
Commas and Periods Quiz 1 Answers 182
Commas and Periods Quiz 2 Answers 183
Semicolons and Colons Quiz 1 Answers 184
Semicolons and Colons Quiz 2 Answers 185
Question Marks and Quotation Marks Quiz 1 Answers 186
Question Marks and Quotation Marks Quiz 2 Answers 186
Parentheses and Brackets Quiz 1 Answers 187
Parentheses and Brackets Quiz 2 Answers 187
Apostrophes Quiz 1 Answers 188
Apostrophes Quiz 2 Answers 188
Hyphens Between Words Quiz 1 Answers 189
Hyphens Between Words Quiz 2 Answers 189
Hyphens with Prefixes and Suffixes Quiz 1 Answers 190
Hyphens with Prefixes and Suffixes Quiz 2 Answers 190
Capitalization Quiz 1 Answers 191
Capitalization Quiz 2 Answers 191
Writing Numbers Quiz 1 Answers 192
Writing Numbers Quiz 2 Answers 192
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Writing Numbers Mastery Test Answers 193
Index 195
