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Recognizing Words Working in Sentences
Chapter Objectives

This chapter offers a basic review of the parts of speech and their working relationships in sentences. Use the chapter as a resource for recognizing the roles of words in sentences and look for ways to apply its information as you edit.

The chapter objectives that follow will help you figure out whether you have really mastered the material presented in this chapter.

After reading this chapter and completing its exercises, you should be able to:

  1. Explain to another student basic parts of speech and how they function in sentences
  2. Recognize the major parts of speech and their function in sentence building and sentence editing.



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