Introduction.. xv

What is Correct English?. xvi

A Comprehensive Treatment of Current Language Usage. xvii

Acknowledgements. xxi

Conventions Used. xxi

Verbal Phrases and Collocation.. xxiii

Taking College Entrance Exams. xxv

The SAT xxv

Critical Reading. xxvi

The Writing Section, Multiple Choice Questions xxvii

The Essay Section. xxviii

Practicing for the SAT. xxix

The ACT xxx

English. xxx

Reading. xxx

The TOEFL Internet Based Test xxx

Reading. xxxi

Listening. xxxi

Speaking. xxxi

Writing. xxxi

Chapter 1. 1

Vocabulary: Boadicea Arrives on Stichwort Campus. 1

Glossary. 7

Quiz. 10

Answers. 11

Language Notes. 12

The World's Largest Usage Dictionary. 12

Preposition Matching and Collocation Searching Practice. 15

Quiz: Preposition Matching and Searching Practice. 16

Answers 18

Context Searches: 18

Projects. 19

Chapter 2. 20

Vocabulary: Baby Bear and the Yard Sculpture. 20

Glossary. 22

Quiz. 25

Answers. 26

Language Notes. 27

Common Errors: Singular and Plural 27

Either/Neither 28

The Number/A Number 28

Quiz. 29

Answers 30

Verb Conjugation and Phrase Construction. 32

Verb Phrase Playsheet 32

Archaic Usages 34

Projects. 34

Chapter 3. 37

Vocabulary: Stichwort College Weathers the Storm.. 37

Glossary. 44

Quiz. 46

Answers. 48

Language Notes. 48

Articles 48

Exceptions to the Rule Requiring Articles for Singular Nouns in English 50

Projects. 54

Chapter 4. 55

Vocabulary: Baby Bear and the Big Cheese. 55

Glossary. 59

Quiz. 62

Answers. 64

Language Notes. 64

Commonly Confused Verb Pairs 64

Lay and Lie.. 64

Other Oft-Mangled Pairs: 65

Fell/Fall 65

Raise/Rise.. 65

Hang/Hang.. 66

Lie / Lay Playsheet 67

Answers 67

Avoiding Repetition. 68

Projects. 69

Chapter 5. 71

Vocabulary: The Billy Goats Gruff, the Sequel. 71

Glossary. 74

Quiz. 76

Answers: 78

Language Notes. 79

Common Errors: Sentence Fragments 79

Common Errors: the Run-on Sentence. 79

Varied Sentence Structure. 80

The Dependent Clause. 81

Combining Sentences 82

Projects. 83

Chapter 6. 85

Vocabulary: The Jurassic Cavalcade. 85

Glossary. 88

Quiz. 91

Answers. 92

Language Notes. 93

Count Nouns and Non-Countable (Mass) Nouns 93

The Web Searching Solution. 94

Some Mass Nouns 96

Count and Mass Noun Usage. 98

Count Nouns and Mass Nouns Playsheet 98

Answers 99

Projects. 101

Chapter 7. 103

Vocabulary: The Prince. 103

Glossary. 106

Quiz. 108

Answers. 110

Language Notes. 111

Lists, Coordination and Parallelism.. 111

Spoken Language in the USA.. 113

Parallelism Playsheet 115

Answers 116

Projects. 118

Chapter 8. 119

Vocabulary: Cinderella.. 119

Glossary. 121

Quiz. 122

Answers. 124

Language Notes. 125

An Auditory Approach To English Language Skills Acquisition. Speaking Well Is The Key To Writing Well. How To Improve One's Feel For Language. 125

A Few Resources in the Resource Page: 127

Subjunctive Voice. 127

Past Subjunctive.. 128

Present Subjunctive.. 129

Subjunctive Playsheet 130

Answers 132

Projects. 133

Chapter 9. 135

Vocabulary: The Fox, the Owl, and the Spinach Lasagna.. 135

Glossary. 137

Quiz. 138

Answers. 139

Language Notes. 140

Common Errors: Troubles with Case. 140

Pronoun Declension. 140

Case Quiz. 142

Answers 144

Pronoun: Me. 146

Pronoun: I. 147

Who and Whom.. 147

Choose the Correct Who/Whom Pronoun. 148

Answers 149

Harder Who/Whom Practice. 150

Answers 151

Projects. 152

Chapter 10. 153

Vocabulary: The Bat and the Sandwich, Part 1. 153

Glossary. 156

Quiz. 160

Answers. 162

Language Notes. 163

Common Errors: Modifiers 163

Answers 164

Misplaced Modifiers 166

Modifiers and Antecedents Playsheet 167

Answers 168

Adverbs and Adjectives 168

Adverbs and Adjectives Playsheet 169

Answers 171

Projects. 173

Chapter 11. 175

Vocabulary: The Bat and the Sandwich, Part 2. 175

Glossary. 178

Quiz. 180

Answers. 182

Language Notes. 182

Metaphors 182

Mixed Metaphors 183

Similes. 183

Excessive Audible Punctuation – the “Like” Problem.. 184

“Like” Playsheet. 185

Answers 186

Projects. 187

Chapter 12. 189

Vocabulary: The Troll, the Wolf, and the Egg Whisk. 189

Glossary. 193

Quiz. 195

Answers. 197

Language Notes. 198

Definitions of Good English?. 198

Errors and Non-Errors to Avoid. 198

Formal Written English. 199

Disputed Aspects of English Grammar 201

Which Language to Choose. 205

Our Strange Language. 206

Projects. 207

Epilogue. 209

Traditional and Nontraditional Writing Classes. 209

A Different Approach to the Acquisition of Writing Skills. 209

One Example of an Alternative to the Traditional Classroom. 210

Appendix A.. 213

Glossary. 213

Appendix B. 240

Parts of Speech. 240

Nouns 240

Pronouns 240

Personal Pronoun Declension. 241

Prepositions 241

Verbs 242

Verb Conjugation Rules. 242

Irregular Verb List 243

Prefixes Used with Irregular Verbs. 245

Verb Forms. 246

Rules for Creating Verb Phrases in Perfect, Progressive, and Passive.. 246

Adjectives 253

Adverbs 253

Conjunctions 254

Articles 254

Interjections 254

Appendix C.. 255

Fundamental Greek and Latin roots. 255

Appendix D. 275

Online Resources. 275

Index. 277