Helen Mills,
Commanding Sentences
Third Edition
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Description:
Commanding Sentences gives instructors a flexible writing program to meet
the needs of students in college, high school, continuation school, adult
education and business. The text can be self-instructional because each of the
eleven study units includes a practice test and answer key. This makes it
useful for people who want to review writing patterns to refine their reports,
letters, and memos.
Review:
“The text has very clear explanations, good examples, and excellent activities,
especially sentence combining. It goes beyond the ‘bare bones’ approach often
found in books with a similar purpose. I especially like the idea of writing
activities that require original sentences—not just fill-in-the-blanks.” —Gerry
Eldred, Long Beach City College
Excerpt:
When you write paragraphs or reports for college or business, you are supposed
to express your ideas in a series of related sentences so that readers can
easily understand the points you are making. After all, the purpose of writing
your ideas down is to share your information with others. As a member of the
world community, you are a part of the rapid, constant exchange of ideas going
on as governments report their differences and agreements, businesses arrange
contracts and write reports, and science shares new discoveries with almost
everyone in the world. The speed of communication is increasing as computer
networks connect people to one another all over the world, and the need to
think clearly and present ideas in well-constructed sentences continues to be
essential because computer programming and computer communication demand
precise language and logical presentations.
Table of Contents:
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Unit 1 – Basic Sentence Patterns
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Unit 2 – Verbs and Adverbs
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Unit 3 – More about Verbs
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Unit 4 – Nouns and Modifiers
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Unit 5 – More Basic Sentence Patterns
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Unit 6 – Pronouns and Agreement
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Unit 7 – Coordination
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Unit 8 – Subordination: Dependent Clauses
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Unit 9 – Subordination: Verbal Phrases
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Unit 10 – Punctuation and Capitalization
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Unit 11 – Refining Sentences
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Spelling Appendix
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Answer Key
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Index
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