Concept clusters
Related ideas that live chapters apart, pulled onto one page — all the ways to fix a run-on, every kind of clause, and more.
Every way to join two sentences
A period or one of the five structures, and how to pick the one that says what you mean.
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Every comma decision
Does this spot need a comma? The four jobs a comma does, and the places it never goes.
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Every way to fix a fragment
Name the kind of fragment first; the kind tells you which repair to reach for.
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Every subject-verb agreement trap
Is my subject singular or plural? The places the answer isn't the noun right before the verb.
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Every part of speech
Eight jobs a word can do, the quick test for each, and where each job gets its own chapter.
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Every kind of phrase
A word group with no subject-verb pair; which kind it is depends on the word it's built around and the job it does.
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Every kind of clause
Can it stand alone? If not, what job does it do? Then how clauses add up to the four sentence types.
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Every punctuation mark and its job
Each mark answers one question about the words around it. Ask the question and the mark picks itself.
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Every pronoun decision
Which pronoun, in which form, pointing at what? The five choices every pronoun makes you settle.
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