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Attribution and OER Revision Statement
1. 2.0 Spelling
2. 2.01 Spelling
3. 2.1 Word Confusion
4. 2.11 Commonly Confused Words
5. 2.2 Word Choice
6. 2.21 Prefixes and Suffixes
7. 2.22 Synonyms and Antonyms
8. 2.23 Word Order
9. 2.24 Working with Words: Which Word Is Right?
10. 2.25 Negative Statements
11. 2.26 Slang and Idioms
12. 2.27 Modal Auxiliaries
13. 2.28 Working with Words: End-of-Chapter Exercises
14. 1.0 Reading and Writing in College
15. 1.1 Study Skills
16. 3.1 Nouns and Capitalization
17. 3.11 Capitalization
18. 3.2 Pronouns
19. 3.21 Pronouns
20. 3.3 Verbs
21. 3.31 Verb Tense
22. 3.32 Verb Tenses
23. 3.4 Adjectives and Adverbs
24. 3.41 Adjectives and Adverbs
25. 3.42 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
26. 3.5 Prepositions
27. 3.6 Conjunctions and Interjections
28. 3.7 Pronouns
29. 4.1 Basic Sentence Structure
30. 4.2 Sentence Writing
31. 4.3 Subject-Verb Agreement
32. 4.4 Common Sentence Errors
33. 4.5 Sentence Variety
34. 4.51 Sentence Variety
35. 4.6 Using Context Clues
36. 4.61 Coordination and Subordination
37. 4.62 Parallelism
38. 4.7 Help for English Language Learners
39. 4.73 Help for English Language Learners: End-of-Chapter Exercises
40. 4.79 Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?
41. 4.8 Writing Basics: End-of-Chapter Exercises
42. Punctuation
43. 5.1 End Punctuation
44. 5.2 Commas
45. Commas
46. 5.3 Apostrophes
47. Apostrophes
48. 5.4 Quotation Marks, Italics, and Underlining
49. Quotes
50. 5.5 Semicolons, Colons, Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses, Ellipses, and Slashes
51. Semicolons
52. Colons
53. Hyphens
54. Dashes
55. Parentheses
56. Punctuation: End-of-Chapter Exercises
57. 6.1 The Structure of a Paragraph
58. 6.2 Stand-alone Paragraphs
59. 6.3 Building with Paragraphs
60. Writing Paragraphs: Separating Ideas and Shaping Content
61. Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Content
62. Effective Means for Writing a Paragraph
63. Writing Paragraphs: End-of-Chapter Exercises
64. 7.1 The Writing Process
65. 7.2 Getting Started
66. 7.3 Organizing Ideas
67. 7.4 Writing the Draft
68. 7.5 Polishing the Draft
69. 7.6 Correcting the Final
70. Refining Your Writing: How Do I Improve My Writing Technique?
71. Refining Your Writing: End-of-Chapter Exercises
72. Business Writing in Action
73. 9.1 Example Essays
Glossary
MARC Record
2.1 Spelling 2.2 Word Confusion 2.3 Word Choice
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