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Book-Specific Resources / Additional Resources / Exercises for The Everyday Writer by Lex Runciman and Carol Lengel Learning from Common Errors Ex 3.1 Recognizing and eliminating the twenty most common errors back to top Composing in a Digital Age Ex 10.1 Using the Toulmin system Ex 10.2 Recognizing logical and emotional fallacies Ex 11.1 Recognizing arguable statements Ex 11.2 Demonstrating fairness back to top Sentence Style Ex 21.1 Matching subjects and predicates Ex 21.2 Making comparisons complete, consistent, and clear Ex 21.3 Revising for consistency and completeness Ex 22.1 Combining sentences with coordination Ex 22.2 Writing sentences with subordination Ex 22.3 Using coordination and subordination Ex 23.1 Creating parallel words or phrases Ex 23.2 Revising sentences for parallelism Ex 23.3 Revising for parallelism and supplying necessary words Ex 24.1 Revising for verb tense and mood Ex 24.2 Eliminating shifts in voice and point of view Ex 24.3 Eliminating shifts between direct and indirect discourse Ex 24.4 Eliminating shifts in tone and diction Ex 25.1 Emphasizing main ideas Ex 26.1 Eliminating unnecessary words and phrases Ex 26.2 Revising for conciseness Ex 27.1 Varying sentence length and structure back to top Sentence and Grammar Ex 28.1 Identifying subjects and predicates Ex 28.2 Identifying verbs and verb phrases Ex 28.3 Identifying nouns and articles Ex 28.4 Identifying pronouns and antecedents Ex 28.5 Identifying adjectives and adverbs Ex 28.6 Adding adjectives and adverbs Ex 28.7 Identifying prepositions Ex 28.8 Identifying conjunctions Ex 28.9 Identifying conjunctions and interjections Ex 28.10 Identifying the parts of speech Ex 28.11 Identifying subjects Ex 28.12 Identifying predicates Ex 28.13 Identifying prepositional phrases Ex 28.14 Using prepositional phrases Ex 28.15 Identifying verbal phrases Ex 28.16 Identifying prepositional, verbal, absolute, and appositive phrases Ex 28.17 Adding prepositional, verbal, absolute, and appositive phrases Ex 28.18 Using verbal, absolute, and appositive phrases to combine sentences Ex 28.19 Identifying dependant clauses Ex 28.20 Adding dependent clauses Ex 28.21 Distinguishing between phrases and clauses Ex 28.22 Classifying sentences grammatically and functionality Ex 29.1 Using irregular verb forms Ex 29.2 Editing verb forms Ex 29.3 Distinguishing between lie and lay, sit and set, rise and raise Ex 29.4 Deciding on verb tenses Ex 29.5 Sequencing tenses Ex 29.6 Converting the voice of a sentence Ex 29.7 Using subjunctive mood Ex 30.1 Selecting verbs that agree with their subjects Ex 30.2 Making subjects and verbs agree Ex 31.1 Using adjectives and adverbs appropriately Ex 31.2 Using comparative and superlative modifiers appropriately Ex 32.1 Revising sentences with misplaced modifiers Ex 32.2 Revising squinting modifiers, disruptive modifiers, and split infinitives Ex 32.3 Revising dangling modifiers Ex 33.1 Using subjective case pronouns Ex 33.2 Using objective case pronouns Ex 33.3 Using possessive case pronouns Ex 33.4 Using who, whoever, whom, or whomever
Ex 33.7 Clarifying pronoun reference Ex 33.8 Revising to clarify pronoun reference Ex 34.1 Revising comma splices and fused sentences Ex 34.2 Revising comma splices Ex 34.3 Revising comma splices and fused sentences Ex 35.1 Eliminating sentence fragments Ex 35.2 Revising a paragraph to eliminate sentence fragments Ex 35.3 Understanding intentional fragments back to top Language/Glossary of Usage Ex 37.1 Identifying stereotypes Ex 37.2 Identifying and revising sexist language Ex 37.3 Rewriting to eliminate offensive references Ex 38.1 Considering ethnic and regional varieties of English Ex 39.1 Using formal register Ex 39.2 Determining levels of language Ex 39.3 Checking for correct denotation Ex 39.4 Revising sentences to change connotations Ex 39.5 Considering connotation Ex 39.6 Using specific and concrete words Ex 39.7 Thinking about similes and metaphors Ex 40.1 Recognizing correct spellings Ex 40.2 Proofreading for spelling Ex 40.3 Distinguishing among homonyms Ex 40.4 Spelling plurals Ex 41.1 Selecting the appropriate word Ex 41.2 Editing inappropriate words back to top Punctuation/Mechanics Ex 42.1 Using a comma to set off introductory elements Ex 42.2 Using a comma in compound sentences Ex 42.3 Recognizing restrictive and nonrestrictive elements Ex 42.4 Using commas to set off items in a series
Ex 42.7 Eliminating unnecessary and inappropriate commas Ex 43.1 Using semicolons to link clauses Ex 43.2 Eliminating misused semicolons Ex 44.1 Using periods appropriately Ex 44.2 Using question marks appropriately Ex 44.3 Using exclamation points appropriately Ex 45.1 Using apostrophes to signal possession Ex 45.2 Using apostrophes to create contractions Ex 46.1 Using quotation marks to signal direct quotation Ex 46.2 Using quotation marks for definitions and titles Ex 46.3 Using quotation marks appropriately Ex 47.1 Using parentheses and brackets Ex 47.2 Using dashes Ex 47.3 Using colons Ex 47.4 Using ellipses Ex 47.5 Reviewing punctuation marks Ex 48.1 Capitalizing Ex 49.1 Using abbreviations Ex 49.2 Spelling out numbers and using figures Ex 50.1 Using italics Ex 51.1 Using hyphens in compounds and with prefixes Ex 51.2 Using hyphens appropriately back to top For Multilingual Writers Ex 64.1 Identifying count and noncount nouns Ex 64.2 Using appropriate determiners; stating plural forms explicitly Ex 64.3 Using articles appropriately Ex 64.4 Positioning modifiers Ex 65.1 Using the present, the present perfect, and the past forms of verbs Ex 65.2 Using specified forms of verbs Ex 65.3 Identifying tenses and forms of verbs Ex 65.4 Using verbs appropriately Ex 66.1 Using prepositions idiomatically Ex 66.2 Recognizing and using two-word verbs Ex 67.1 Expressing subjects and objects explicitly Ex 67.2 Editing for English word order Ex 67.3 Using noun clauses, infinitives, and gerunds appropriately Ex 67.4 Using adjective clauses carefully Ex 67.5 Writing conditional sentences back to top |
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