The Handbook of Good English Download
PREFACE
1 GRAMMAR 1
The Sentence
Case of Nouns and Pronouns: Subjective,
Objective, and Possessive
Agreement
Verb Tenses: Past, Present, and Future
Verb Moods: Indicative, Imperative, and
Subjunctive
Verb Voices: Active and Passive
Modifiers
2 PUNCTUATION
Sentence Structure 83
Comma 94
Semicolon 121
Colon 125
Dash 131
Parentheses and Brackets 136
Question Mark 143
Exclamation Point 149
Quotation Marks 151
Points of Ellipsis 166
Apostrophe 172
Hyphen 182
Diagonal 216
• Contents
HOW TO STYLE WRITTEN
ENGLISH: MISCELLANEOUS
MECHANICS 219
Numbers
Dates
Abbreviations
Generic Terms
Titles of Officials and Names of Their Offices
Forms of Address
Place-names
Titles of Publications and Works of Literature,
Works of Art, Musical Compositions, and
Other Works
Foreign Words
BEYOND THE SENTENCE: DICTION
AND COMPOSITION
Tone 271
Revision 278
GLOSSARY / INDEX 293
