LearningCurve for Readers and WritersTable of Contents
Sentence GrammarParts of Speech: Nouns and Pronouns
- Identifying Nouns
- Using Plural Nouns
- Identifying Pronouns
- Identifying a Pronoun's Antecedent
- Identifying Types of Pronouns
- Using Subject, Object, and Possessive Pronouns
Parts of Speech: Adjectives and Adverbs
- Types of Verbs
- Identifying Verbs
- Identifying Adjectives
- Identifying Adverbs
- Using Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
Parts of Speech: Prepositions and Conjunctions
- Prepositions
- Objects of Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Prepositions and Conjunctions
Fragments
- Identifying Fragments
- Correcting Fragments
Run-ons and Comma Splices
- Recognizing Run-on Sentences
- Revising Run-on Sentences
Subject-Verb Agreement
- Standard Subject-Verb Combinations
- Agreement with "There is" and "There are"
- Subject-Verb Agreement with Compound Subjects
Verbs
- Past Tense, Present Tense, and Tense Shifting
- The Past and Perfect Tenses
- Irregular Verbs
Pronouns
- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
- Pronoun Reference
Sentence Style and Word ChoiceActive and Passive Voice
- Identifying Passive Voice
- Using Passive Voice
- Identifying Active Voice
- Using Active Voice
- Revising Passive into Active Voice
Parallelism
- Identifying Parallelism Errors
- Correcting Parallelism Errors
Appropriate Language
- Clichés
- Repetition
- Sexist Language
- Slang
- Wordiness
- Similes and Metaphors
Punctuation and MechanicsApostrophes
- Using Apostrophes
- Apostrophes Showing Possession
- Unnecessary Apostrophes
Capitalization
- Identifying Capitalization Errors
- Correcting Capitalization Errors
Commas
- Commas with Clauses
- Commas with Essential and Nonessential Elements
- Commas with Introductory Elements
For Multilingual WritersMultilingual: Articles and Nouns
- Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns
- Articles with Plural, Proper, and General Nouns
- Quantifiers (some, several, many)
Multilingual: Verbs
- Verb Form and Tense
- Modal Verbs
- Verbs in the Passive Voice
- Negative Forms of Verbs
- Verbs in Conditional Sentences
- Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives
Multilingual: Sentence Structure
- Linking Verbs
- Missing Subjects
- Repeated Nouns, Objects, and Adverbs
- Placement of Adverbs and Order of Adjectives
- Past and Present Participles