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Apostrophe for contractions with have and will 18.I
Commas in nonrestrictive relative clauses 19.I
Quotations and paragraph form 20.1
CAPITALIZATION
Capitalization rules are listed below, in the order they appear in the
book. To review the rules and to practice using capital letters, see the
chapter and the exercise that is given.
Names of people 1.I
Beginning of a sentence 1.I
Nationalities 2.I
Days of the week 2.I
Names of streets, cities, states, and countries 5.I
Names of continents, oceans, rivers, mountains,
and valleys 7.I
Months of the year 7.I
Names of companies and stores 13.I
SPELLING RULES FOR INFLECTIONAL ENDINGS
Spellings rules for inflectional endings are listed below, in the order
they appear in the book. To review the rules and to practice applying
them, see the chapter and the exercise that is given.
Third person -s forms, present tense 2.II
Noun plurals 3.II
Possessive’s 3.III
Present progressive -ing forms 12.II
Adjective comparison, -er, -est forms 13.II
“Agent” suffix -er 13.VIII
Past tense -ed forms 14.III
WORD ORDER
Rules for various kinds of word order are listed below, in the order
they appear in the book. To review the rules and to practice applying
them, see the chapter and the exercise that is given.
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