Mechanics Of English (GP056) (Advanced Straight Forward English Series)

At-your-fingertips guide with drills for writing skills when using Abbreviations; Apostrophes, Quotation Marks, Numbers, Semicolons, Colons, Hyphens, Dashes, Brackets, Ellipses; and Slashes.

Table Of Contents

BEGINNING ASSESSMENT TEST

ABBREVIATIONS
Titles
Acronyms
North American States & Provinces
Names & Nicknames
Dates, Times, & Measurements
Explanatory Notes & Note-Taking

APOSTROPHES
Contractions
Omission of Letters
Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Nouns
Plurals of Letters, Figures, & Symbols

CAPITALIZATION
First Words
Proper Nouns & Pronouns
Time Periods & Events
Proper Names: Brand, Geographical, Titles

ITALICS (Underlining)
Titles
Foreign Words & Phrases
Words, Letters, or Figures Used to Represent Themselves
Legal Cases & Scientific Names

QUOTATION MARKS
Direct Quotations
Titles
Definitions
Special Emphasis
With Other Punctuation

NUMBERS
Conventional Uses
Beginning of a Sentence
Large Round Numbers
Comparing Numbers in a Series
Clarity
Ordinal Numbers

MID-REVIEW TEST, NO. 1

COMMAS
Introductory Elements & Transitional Expressions
Items in a Series
Nonrestrictive Appositives
Nonrestrictive Clauses & Phrases or Parenthetical Remarks
Contracting Elements

SEMICOLONS
Separating Independent Clauses
Preceding Transitional, Connecting Words
Preceding Explanatory Abbreviations
Avoiding Confusion with Commas

COLONS
Formal Correspondence
Appositive, Explanation, or Questions
Separating Independent Clauses
Introducing Lists or Items
Between Titles & Subtitles
Separating Groups of Numbers
Citations & References

HYPHENS
Joining Compound Nouns
Joining Compound Adjectives Before a Noun
Numbers & Fractions
Special Cases to Join a Prefix to a Root Word
Special Cases to Join a Suffix to a Root Word
Letters of Spelled Words
Syllabication

PARENTHESES
Parenthetic, Supplementary, or Illustrative Information
Enclosing Figures or Letters Used as Enumeration
Punctuation & Parentheses
Special Emphasis

DASHES
Parenthetic Information
Hesitation or Incomplete Thought
After a Series to Set Off a Summary
Short, Terse Emphasis
Combining Figures, Capital Letters
After a Quotation to Set Off the Source

MID-REVIEW TEST, NO. 2

BRACKETS
Editorial Comments, Corrections, & Interpolations
Parentheses Within Paretheses

ELLIPSES
Beginning of a Quoted Passage
Middle of a Quoted Passage
End of a Quoted Passage

SLASHES
Separating Terms That Are Equally Applicable
Indicating Numeric Fractions

FINAL ASSESSMENT TEST

ANSWERS