《Correct Everyday English How To Avoid Grammatical Errors In Speech And Writing》

Part ⅠOF WORDS The Tools of Expression1

CHAPTER Ⅰ Parts of Speech1

CHAPTER ⅡNouns3

Proper Nouns4

Common Nouns5

Collective Nouns5

Nouns Changing Camps6

Abstract and Other Nouns8

CHAPTER ⅢVerbs9

Putting the Verbs in Their Places11

Object12

CHAPTER Ⅳ Adjectives13

CHAPTER ⅤAdverbs14

Adverbs from Adjectives15

CHAPTER Ⅵ Conjunctions16

CHAPTER Ⅶ Pronouns：Personal，Reflexive，Relative，Interrogative，Demonstrative18

CHAPTER Ⅷ Number21

CHAPTER ⅨNumber of Nouns：Plurals Formed by Adding es22

by Changing f or fe to ves25

by Changing y into ies25

Plurals in en26

Plurals by Change of Vowel26

Singular and Plural the Same26

Fish and Fishes；People and Peoples27

Plural Form for Singular Also27

Two Plural Forms with Different Meanings28

Only Singular；Different Meanings in Singular and Plural28

Plural but Used as Singular29

Singular Used for Plural in Certain Combinations；Plurals of Compound Words29

Foreign Words30

Collective Nouns30

CHAPTER Ⅹ Number of Pronouns．Demonstrative Pronouns；One－Ones；Such；Interrogative and Relative Pronouns；Possessive Pronouns；Reflexive Pronouns31

CHAPTER Ⅺ Number of Adjectives：Some Adjectives Are Singular34

CHAPTER Ⅻ Number of Verbs：Auxiliary Verbs35

CHAPTER ⅩⅢ Gender：Some Special Points；How Gender is Denoted；Gender of Pronouns35

CHAPTER ⅩⅣ Tense：Formation of Tenses39

CHAPTER ⅩⅤ Other Forms of Verbs，Present Participle，Infinitive40

CHAPTER ⅩⅥ Degree42

Part ⅡOF THE USE OF WORDS44

CHAPTER ⅩⅦ Use is Everything：Use Decides Transitive and Intransitive；Adverb or Preposition？44

CHAPTER ⅩⅧ Sentence47

CHAPTER ⅩⅨ Clause49

CHAPTER ⅩⅩ Phrase51

CHAPTER ⅩⅪ Parts of a Sentence52

CHAPTER ⅩⅫ Concord53

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢAgreement between Subject and Predicate54

And；As Well As；With；or55

Tyranny of the Nearest Word56

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅣSome Snags in Concord When or joins Singular and Plural Nouns；Am or Is？58

There Is or There Are？59

Deceptive Singulars：－Every One，No One，Each，Many A59

Predicate to Agree with Subject and Not with Object61

Were with Singular Subject61

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤ Adjective Sequence62

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ Pronoun Sequence63

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅦ Sense than Words63

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅧSequence of Tense64

Where two Tenses are Right in the Same Sentence；Historic Present；Past or Present Perfect？66

Part ⅢTHE PARTS OF SPEECH IN ACTION68

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅨAuxiliary Verbs：Voice68

May and Can；Will and Shall69

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩPronouns：I，Me；You and I：72

I or Me After Comparison？Me and My；Myself；He－Him；Who－Whom；Who－Which；Which－That；And which；Impersonal Pronouns；You and We；One72

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅪ Forming the Possessive：Yours，Ours，Mine．Possessive as Adjective82

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅫ The，A and An；The Editor and Manager84

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅢAdverbs：87

Modifying Prepositions87

Modifying Conjunctions87

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅣComparative and Superlative Degrees；More and Most：-er and -est；Rounder；Wisest of the Two；Older and Elder87

Farther and Further91

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅤPrepositions．Some Helpful Rules91

With；About and Around；Prepositions Used as Conjunctions；Like92

In and On94

Between and Among94

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅥConjunctions：97

But；Or，Either，Neither98

Incorrect Conjunctions100

Part ⅣAN ASSORTMENT OF IMPORTANT RULES101

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅦPosition of Words：101

Modifiers and Modified；Split Infinitive；Subject and Predicate；Position of Importance；Only101

Forlorn Words；Beginning with a Present Participle104

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅧNegatives：105

When to Say ＇No＇105

Double Negatives105

Negative with Hardly and But106

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅨSome Common Errors：Words106

Plural or Singular；Both；Doesn＇t or Don＇t？106

Deny or Decline？Defend the Enemy；Fear；Revenge；Too Kind；Searched the Man107

Would You Mind？In or Under the Circumstances108

Study or Read？Follow or Accompany？That Why；That How；Few；Little；Means109

CHAPTER ⅩLChameleon Words：110

Lie；Hang110

Rise and Raise112

Soon and Quickly112

Special and Especial112

CHAPTER ⅩLⅠA List of Words People Trip Over113

Same Sound but Different Spelling and Meaning113

Same Spelling and Sound but different Meaning115

Different Sounds and Meanings but Similar Spelling115

Similar but Different；Related in Meaning but Really Different116

CHAPTER ⅩLⅡ Common Mistakes in Sentences118

CHAPTER ⅩLⅢ Reported Speech120

CHAPTER ⅩLⅣSome Principles of Spelling130

Capital Letters：S or Es in the Plural？131

Ys or Ies？Y + able；-able or -ible？ei or ie？131

Doubling the Final Consonant133

Why All Right but Already？134

Fulfil，Skilful134

C in Noun and S in Verb135

Different Spellings in Different Parts of Speech；-Us and -Ous135

When to Drop e；Some Commonly Misspelt Words136

CHAPTER ⅩLⅤPunctuation：137

Full Stop；Comma；Semi-colon138

Colon；Hyphen；Dash；Apostrophe；Quotation marks143

CHAPTER ⅩLⅥ Some Essentials of English Pronunciation148

CHAPTER ⅩLⅦ Correct English Tests151