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Grammar
Grammar
At a glance
The toolbox
| ⊡ Overcome your grammar phobia | 170 |
| ⊡ Remember the major word classes | 171 |
| ⊡ Learn which proper nouns still take a capital letter | 172 |
| ⊡ Prefer concrete to abstract nouns | 173 |
| ⊡ Use verbs to make your writing precise | 173 |
| ⊡ Stick mainly to the simple tenses | 174 |
| ⊡ Embrace modal auxiliary verbs | 175 |
| ⊡ Avoid the verb 'to be' | 175 |
| ⊡ Add adjectives and adverbs for detail and colour | 176 |
| ⊡ Use a balanced proportion of the open-class words | 178 |
The living language
| ⊡ Understand the difference between grammar and usage | 179 |
| ⊡ Resist attempts to fix the tongue | 180 |
| ⊡ Use a more modern grammar | 182 |
Power tools
| ⊡ Use pronouns to tighten your expression | 183 |
| ⊡ Understand determiners to help those using English as a second language | 184 |
| ⊡ Use conjunctions for effective joinery, even at the start of a sentence | 185 |
| ⊡ Use single prepositions rather than wordy phrases | 186 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Writing at Work: How to Write Clearly, Effectively and Professionally.
Contributors: Neil James - Author.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin.
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W..
Publication year: 2007.
Page number: 169.
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