The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation_Jane Straus.pdf

The Blue Book

of Grammar

and Punctuation

An Easy-to-Use Guide

with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples,

and Reproducible Quizzes

Tenth Edition

Jane Straus

The Blue Book

of Grammar

and Punctuation

An Easy-to-Use Guide

with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples,

and Reproducible Quizzes

Tenth Edition

Jane Straus

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Contents

Acknowledgments

xiii

About the Author

Foreword by Mignon Fogarty (Grammar Girl)

xvii

Introduction

xix

1Gammr

Finding Subjects and Verbs

Finding verbs

Using verbs to ﬁnd subjects

You as an understood subject

Multiple subjects and verbs in a sentence

Subject and Verb Agreement

Singular vs. plural verbs

With or and nor

With either and neither

With conjunctions such as and and but

With interrupting expressions

With pronouns as subjects such as each, everyone, and anybody

With portions such as percent, fraction, part, some, all, and none

With here and there

With sums of money

With who, that, and which

With collective nouns

Pronouns

Subject Case (Nominative): I, you, he, she, it, we, they

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