Editing for Grammar, Usage and Mechanics: A Review

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Sentences

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Exer. 1	Parts of speech
Exer. 2	Subjects and predicates
Exer. 3	Sentence patterns
Exer. 4	Prepositional phrases
Exer. 5	Verbals and verbal phrases
Exer. 6	Subordinate clauses
Exer. 7	Appositives
Exer. 8	Classifying sentences
Exer. 9	Identifying subjects and objects
Exer. 10	Pronoun case: Compound subjects and objects
Exer. 11	Pronoun case: Who versus whom
Exer. 12	Irregular verbs
Exer. 13	–s and –ed verb endings
Exer. 14	Helping verbs
Exer. 15	Verbs plus gerunds or infinitives
Exer. 16	Verbs plus particles
Exer. 17	Verb tenses
Exer. 18	Tense sequence
Exer. 19	Subjunctive mood
Exer. 20	Passive and active voice
Exer. 21	Passive voice
Exer. 22	Subject-verb agreement
Exer. 23	Subject-verb agreement
Exer. 24	Subject-verb greement: "–s" or "–es" endings
Exer. 25	Subject-verb agreement: Indefinite pronouns
Exer. 26	Pronoun-antecedent agreement
Exer. 27	Prounoun-antecedent agreement
Exer. 28	Adjectives and adverbs
Exer. 29	Comparatives and superlatives
Exer. 30	Double negatives
Exer. 31	Nouns as modifiers
Exer. 32	Present and past participles as modifiers
Exer. 33	Determiners: a, an, the
Exer. 34	Sentence fragments
Exer. 35	Subordinate clauses as sentence fragments
Exer. 36	Other sentence fragments
Exer. 37	Comma splices and fused sentences
Exer. 38	Comma splices and fused sentences: Main clauses without and, but, etc.
Exer. 39	Comma splices and fused sentences: Main clauses with however, for example, etc.
Exer. 40	Pronoun reference: Clear and close reference
Exer. 41	Pronoun reference: Specific reference [Indefinite it, they, you]
Exer. 42	Shifts in person and number
Exer. 43	Shifts in tense and mood
Exer. 44	Shifts in subject and voice
Exer. 45	Shifts in quotations and questions
Exer. 46	Misplaced modifiers: Unclear placement
Exer. 47	Misplaced modifiers: Awkward placement
Exer. 48	Position of adverbs and adjectives
Exer. 49	Dangling modifiers
Exer. 50	Mixed grammar
Exer. 51	Incomplete compounds and comparisons
Exer. 52	Emphasis
Exer. 53	Emphasis
Exer. 54	Coordination
Exer. 55	Subordination
Exer. 56	Parallelism with and, both….and, etc.
Exer. 57	Parallelism for coherence

Punctuation and Mechanics

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Exer. 1	End punctuation
Exer. 2	Commas with main clauses
Exer. 3	Commas with introductory elements
Exer. 4	Commas with nonessential elements
Exer. 5	Commas with series and coordinate adjectives
Exer. 6	Commas with quotations
Exer. 7	Misuse of commas
Exer. 8	Semicolons
Exer. 9	Apostrophes: Possessives
Exer. 10	Apostrophes: Contractions vs. possessive personal pronouns
Exer. 11	Quotation marks
Exer. 12	Colons, dashes, parentheses
Exer. 13	The ellipsis mark
Exer. 14	Capitals
Exer. 15	Underlining or italics
Exer. 16	Abbreviations
Exer. 17	Numbers

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