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Grammatically
CORRECT
2ND EDITION
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE
TO SPELLING, STYLE,
USAGE, GRAMMAR,
AND PUNCTUATION
REVISED & UPDATED
Anne Stilman
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Grammatically correct : the essential guide to spelling, style, usage, grammar, and punctuation / by Anne
Stilman. — 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-58297-616-7 (alk. paper)
eISBN 13: 978-1-59963-173-8
1. English language — Grammar — Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. English language — Rhetoric —
Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. English language — Usage — Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.
Edited by Nicole Klungle and Scott Francis
PE1112.S748 2010
Designed by Claudean Wheeler
428.2 — dc22
Production coordinated by Mark Griffin 2010001925
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To the memory of my mother, Ruth
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CONTENTS
Preface
Part 1: THE BUILDING BLOCKS: WORD BY WORD
Spelling Issues
Frequently Misspelled Words
Spelling Variations
Frequently Confused Homonyms
Hyphenation
Vocabulary Quirks and Challenges
Frequently Misused Words
Plural Formations
Negative Formations
Using Type Style for Effect
Uses of Capitalization
Uses of Italic Type
Uses of Boldface Type
Part 2: PUNCTUATION
Basic Sentence Structure
Subject and Predicate
Independent and Dependent Clauses
Phrases
Sentence Fragments
Comma
Separating the Main Elements of a Sentence
Separating Elements in a Series
Setting Off Dialogue and Quotations
Indicating Omitted Words
Other Uses of the Comma
Semicolon
Separating Elements
Linking Elements
Style Conventions
Colon
Introducing What Follows
Adding Emphasis
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