Harbrace College Handbook

abbreviations adverb clause albatross American antecedent apostrophe appositive appropriate asked Avoid AWKWARD beginning BETTER capital central idea class discussion College Dictionary colon comma compound confuse coordinating conjunction Copyright dangling E. B. WHITE E. M. FORSTER effective elliptical clause elliptical constructions emphasis English example Exercise expressions following sentences footnote formal writing gerund hyphen indicate INFORMAL italicized italics James John John Steinbeck language library paper main clauses meaning modify nonrestrictive Note Notice noun nuclear warfare object omitted outline overuse paragraph parallel structure parenthetical element participial phrase participle pattern PAUL GALLICO period person plural poem preceding prepositional phrase pronoun proper names punctuation Put a checkmark question mark quotation marks quoted refer Reprinted by permission Section semicolon sentence that needs singular slang sometimes specific speech spelling subject complement subordinate clause symbol tences tense tion transitional usage usually verb voice