Pinckert's Practical Grammar

adjective adverb alliteration apostrophe appeal argue argument audience avoid better blah called Carol clichés colon comma sound conjunctions coordinating conjunction dash diction Diet Rite easy ellipsis elliptical clause English exclamation express fact fault feel Formal Game gerund grammar hard hear hot dogs ideas important Informal jargon kind language listen litterbugs logical look main clause matter means mind mistakes modifies never noun paragraph parenthetical participle passive voice pause person persuade phrases predicate preposition problem pronoun pronunciation proofreading punctuation quotation quote reader reason Revised rhetoric right word rules semicolon sentence slang someone speak speaker speech spelling split infinitives style subject and verb subject complement subjunctive subordinate subordinate clause T.S. Eliot talk teachers tell tence tense there's things thought tion tone topic trick truth usage vague voice what's worms writing wrong