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Tables of Contents for Random House Webster's Pocket Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
SECTION 1: GRAMMAR
Parts of Speech
3
67
Nouns
4
2
Pronouns
6
13
Case
9
8
Ambiguous References
17
2
Verbs
19
26
Transitive Verbs
19
1
Intransitive Verbs
19
1
Ergative Verbs
20
1
Copula Verbs
20
2
Auxiliary Verbs
22
1
Phrasal Verbs
23
1
Verbal Forms
24
2
Regular and Irregular Verbs
26
4
Tense
30
10
Mood
40
2
Voice
42
2
Verbals
44
1
Determiners
45
1
Adjectives
46
2
Nouns and Pronouns as Adjectives
46
1
Special Adjectives
47
1
Adverbs
48
1
Sentence Adverbs
49
1
Adjective or Adverb?
49
9
Using Adjectives after Linking Verbs
51
1
Using Adjectives or Adverbs after Direct Objects
52
1
Words That Can Be Either Adjectives or Adverbs
53
1
Using Adjectives and Adverbs to Make Comparisons
53
5
Prepositions
58
3
Common Prepositions
58
1
Phrasal Prepositions
59
1
Prepositional Phrases
59
1
Placement of Prepositions
60
1
Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs and Adjectives
60
1
Preposition or Adverb
61
1
Conjunctions
61
7
Coordinating Conjunctions
62
1
Correlative Conjunctions
63
1
Subordinating Conjunctions
64
1
Subordinating Conjunction or Preposition?
65
1
Conjunctive Adverb or Transitional Phrase?
66
1
Transitional Phrase
67
1
Transitional Phrase or Coordinating Conjunction?
68
1
Interjections
68
2
Phrases
70
2
Noun Phrases
70
1
Verb Phrases
70
1
Prepositional Phrases
70
1
Verbal Phrases
71
1
Clauses
72
4
Independent Clauses
72
1
Dependent Clauses
72
1
Adjective Clauses
73
1
Adverb Clauses
73
1
Noun Clauses
74
1
Elliptical Clauses
75
1
Sentences
76
29
Subjects and Predicates
76
1
Hard to Locate Subjects
76
2
Commands or Directions
76
1
Questions
77
1
Sentences Beginning with There or Here
77
1
Inverted Sentences
78
1
Sentence Complements
78
2
Direct Objects
78
1
Indirect Objects
79
1
Object Complements
79
1
Subject Complements
80
1
Forming Sentences
80
3
Simple Sentences
81
1
Compound Sentences
81
1
Complex Sentences
82
1
Compound-Complex Sentences
83
1
Review of Sentence Forms
83
1
Sentence Functions
84
2
Declarative Sentences
84
1
Interrogative Sentences
84
1
Imperative Sentences
85
1
Exclamatory Sentences
85
1
Sentence Errors
86
8
Fragments
86
2
Run-ons
88
2
Misplaced Modifiers
90
1
Dangling Modifiers
91
2
Squinting Modifiers
93
1
Agreement of Sentence Parts
94
11
Subject-Verb Agreement
95
7
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
102
3
Shifts
105
11
Shifts in Tense
105
1
Shifts in Voice
106
1
Shifts in Mood
107
1
Shifts in Person
108
2
Shifts in Perspective
110
1
Shifts in Number
110
2
Person and Number with Collective Nouns
111
1
Shifts in Tone and Style
112
2
Shifts in Direct and Indirect Quotations
114
2
Parallelism
116
7
Parallel Structure
116
2
Parallel Items in Series
118
1
Parallel Outlines and Lists
119
4
SECTION 2: USAGE
Common Errors
123
44
Commonly Confused Words
167
33
Avoiding Insensitive and Offensive Language
200
15
Sexism
201
5
Replacing Man or Men
202
1
Using Gender-Neutral Terms for Occupations, Positions, Roles, Etc.
202
2
Avoiding Generic Use of the Personal Pronouns He, His, and Him
204
1
Referring to Members of Both Sexes with Parallel Names, Titles, or Descriptions
205
1
Race, Ethnicity, and National Origin
206
1
Age
207
1
Sexual Orientation
208
1
Avoiding Depersonalization of Persons with Disabilities or Illnesses
208
1
Avoiding Patronizing or Demeaning Expressions
209
1
Avoiding language that Excludes or Unnecessarily Emphasizes Differences
210
5
SECTION 3: SPELLING
Spelling Rules
215
3
Words Commonly Misspelled
218
13
Using A Spell Checker
231
1
Rules of Word Division
232
37
SECTION 4: PUNCTUATION
Period
235
1
Question Mark
236
1
Exclamation Point
237
1
Comma
237
6
Semicolon
243
2
Colon
245
2
Dash
247
2
Ellipsis
249
1
Parentheses
250
1
Brackets
251
2
Quotation Marks
253
2
Italics/Underlining
255
2
Forward Slash
257
1
Apostrophe
257
3
Hyphen
260
3
Capitalization
263
6
SECTION 5: PREFIXES, SUFFIXES AND ROOTS
Common Prefixes and Their Meanings
269
7
Common Suffixes and Their Meanings
276
11
Common Roots and Their Meanings
287
16
Index
303