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APPENDIX B—REVIEW OF GRAMMAR
ARTICLES
Rules for the use of articles are listed below, in the order they appear
in the book. To review the rules and to practice using articles, see the
chapter and exercise that is given.
Choosing a or an for single count nouns 3.V
A or an with single count nouns 6.VII
No articles before a person’s name 6.VII
No article with plural nouns, in general 6.VII
Definite article the before some place names 7.II
No article with noncount nouns, in general 8.IV, 8.V
Initial review of rules for articles with common nouns 9.II
Definite article the for second mention of nouns 9.III
Definite article the with defining phrases 12.V, 13. VI
Some as a quantifier with plural and noncount nouns 16.V
Indefinite pronouns: some, any, and one 18.V
Final review of rules for articles with common nouns 20.II
Definite article the with unique nouns 20.II
Indefinite pronouns: one, ones, and kind 20.V
PUNCTUATION
Punctuation rules are listed below, in the order they appear in the
book. To review the rules and to practice using punctuation, see the
chapter and exercise that is given.
Periods at the end of sentences I.I
Apostrophe for contractions with be 3.I
Apostrophe for possessive’s 3.III
Question mark at the end of questions 5.I
Exclamation point showing strong emotion 6.I
Comma between coordinate clauses 7.III
Commas between items in a series 12.I
Colon before a list of examples 14.I
Quotation marks 15.I
Comma after a subordinate clause 16.I
Semi-colon in sentence combining 17.I
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