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Hear From Your Peers: Digital Faculty Consultants Alisa is currently a full-time English professor at Glendale Community College, where she teaches hybrid and online freshman composition, literature, and journalism courses. Forms of main verbs C. Auxiliary verbs D. Using lie or lay E. Verb tenses F. Indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods G. Subject--Verb Agreement A. What subject--verb agreement is B. Ignoring words between a subject and its verb C.

Subjects connected by and D. Subjects connected by or E. Verbs with indefinite pronouns F. Verbs with who, which, and that G. Verbs with one of the. Other complicated cases. Pronoun--Antecedent Agreement A. What pronoun--antecedent agreement is B. Pronouns when and connects antecedents C. Pronouns when or connects antecedents D. Pronouns when antecedents are indefinite pronouns E.

Pronouns when antecedents are collective nouns. Pronoun Reference F. Avoiding unclear pronoun reference G. Pronouns with it, that, this, and which H. Using you for direct address I. Using who, which, and that. Pronoun Case J. What pronoun case is K. Personal pronouns L.

Selecting the correct case M. Case when and connects pronouns N. Matching case in appositives O. Subjective case after linking verbs P. Using who, whoever, whom, and whomever Q. Case after than and as R.

Case with infinitives and -ing words S. Case for -self pronouns. Adjectives and Adverbs A. Adjectives v. Double negatives C. After linking verbs D. Comparative and superlative forms E. Nouns as modifiers. Sentence Fragments A. Recognizing fragments B.

Subordinating word fragments C. Fragments without verbs D. Fragments without subjects E. Compound predicate fragments F. Intentional fragments. What comma splices and run-on sentences are B.

Correcting comma splices and run-on sentences. Sentence Shift Problems A. Consistent person and number B. Consistent subject and voice C. Consistent mood D. Consistent verb tense E.

Consistent direct and indirect discourse F. Sentences with mixed parts G. Ellipticals and comparisons. Misplaced Modifiers A. Misplaced modifiers B. Squinting modifiers C. Split infinitives D. Disrupting E. Dangling modifiers. Conciseness A.

Writing concisely B. Avoiding redundancies C. Avoiding wordy sentences D. Combining sentence elements E. Verbs and conciseness. Coordination: Expressing equivalent ideas B. Avoiding problems C. Subordination: Expressing nonequivalent ideas D. Subordination: Avoiding problems.

Sentence Style A. Understanding parallelism B. Avoiding faulty parallelism C. Parallelism with conjunctions D. Strengthening a message with parallelism E. Understanding sentence variety F. How subjects affect emphasis G. Adding modifiers H. Inverting standard word order.

Word Meanings and Impact A. Words and their meanings B. Exact words C. Increasing my vocabulary D. Suitable language E. Figurative language F. Effect of tone in writing.

Using Inclusive Language A. Gender in English B. Gender-neutral language. Spelling A. Plurals B. Suffixes C. The ie, ei rule D. Homonyms and frequently confused words E. Other spelling errors. Commas A. When to use commas B. With introductory words C. Before coordinating conjunctions D. With a series E. Between adjectives F. With nonrestrictive and restrictive elements G. With quoted words H. Other word groups to set off I. In dates, names, places, addresses, letter format, and numbers J.

Preventing misreadings K. Other comma errors. Colons A. Lists, appositives, or quotations B. Between sentences C. Conventional formats. Apostrophes A. Possessive nouns B. Possessive indefinite pronouns C. Possessive pronouns: hers, his, its, ours, yours, and theirs D. Verbs that end in -s E. Contractions F. Letters, numerals, symbols, and terms.

Quotation Marks A. Short direct quotations B. Long direct quotations C. Spoken words D. Titles E. Terms, translations, irony F. Informal Language. Spelling: Spelling Rule — Dropping the Final e. Parallelism, Misplaced Modifiers, Dangling Modifiers. Spelling: Doubling. The Descriptive Essay. The Narrative Essay. The Example Essay. The Process Essay. Spelling: Prefixes and Suffixes.

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