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    Grammar & Punctuation
    Grammar & Punctuation
    Grammar & Punctuation
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    Grammar & Punctuation

    By Ruth Punton

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    Grammar & Punctuation is Module 4 in the Fiction Writer's Workbook series. This is an easily understood workbook, without all the long words and obscure terminology of many available Grammar and Punctuation books.
    It covers all part of speech, punctuation marks and language usage necessary for any aspiring writers. There are multiple exercises throughout the book to reinforce the learning of each particular related aspect.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRuth Punton
    Release dateJan 14, 2016
    ISBN9781311328410
    Grammar & Punctuation
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    Ruth Punton

    Born and educated in Dunedin New Zealand.Now retired and living in Busselton Western Australia.When I'm not writing, I read mainly murder mysteries. Painting and photography I also enjoy.As a humanist I consider that all people are more important than any belief system.As a feminist I believe that women, though different from men, should be equal to them in all ways excepting in anatomy and physiology.I am an atheist although I think the whole idea of god is an unknowable concept.I vote Green for no other reason in they have more compassion for people than any other political party.I do not believe Australia is a democracy. How can we be when every 3 or 4 years we can vote for one or t'other and have to put up them and their many stupid ideas for the next 4 years. With the advance in technology why are we not asked by our representative what we think about all major issues and they vote for what we say and not the party.

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      Grammar & Punctuation - Ruth Punton

      Grammar & Punctuation

      Ruth Punton

      Copyright 2016 - Ruth Punton

      Smashwords Edition

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1

      Parts of Speech

      Nouns

      Verbs

      Adverbs

      Adjectives

      Prepositions

      Clauses and Phrases

      Pronouns

      Chapter 2

      Punctuation

      Capital Letter

      Italics

      End Punctuation

      Commas

      Colons

      Dash

      Hyphen

      Brackets

      Ellipse

      Slash

      Chapter 3

      Language Usage

      Syntax

      Sentences

      Figurative language

      Metaphor and Simile

      Other Figures of Speech

      Creativity Exercises

      Bibliography

      Authors Notes

      INTRODUCTION

      Grammar & Punctuation is the Fourth book in the series Fiction Writing Workbooks

      FICTION WRITING WORKBOOK

      The complete set will be called Fiction Writer's Workbooks.

      Module 1 Creating Characters

      Module 2 Plots & Tension

      Module 3 Writing the Story - Story Basics and Rewriting

      Module 4 Grammar and Punctuation

      Module 5 Writing for Children/ Stage and Screen. Haiku

      Please note: I have decided to remove the module on publishing.

      For eBook publishing, google Smashwords Style Guide by Mark Coker (free). It is better to format your books for eBook distribution using the Smashwords guide and then they can be uploaded to Amazon without further formatting.

      For traditional publishing find the requirements for submissions by googling your publishers of choice.

      Grammar and Punctuation is the fourth module in the series. In the first three Modules you will have fully created 3 characters, plotted out your short story and written your story.

      Exercises - There are many exercises throughout this module. I have not supplied any answers. Learn to look critically at your own work and make sure you are correct. It is easy to become blasé.

      For non-English Speakers:

      Keep an English dictionary and Roget's Thesaurus beside you and refer to them continually.

      Read everything you read or write aloud. When you are speaking to proficient English speakers repeat what they say to absorb the way the language is used. Speak the news back to the presenter on TV - Warn other people in the room so they don't lock you up.

      If you have children, read them heaps of children's stories in English. If you don't have any kids then read them aloud to yourself. Start with the Dr Seuss books: Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Move on to Winnie the Pooh and then try the Harry Potter series. They will be available from any library.

      Chapter 1 - Parts of Speech

      Nouns

      A noun is a naming word.

      The name of:

      A person - Guess who? Who? Jane

      A place - Physical name. Where? Nannup.

      A thing - Physical thing. What? Chair.

      An action - Abstract name. How? Laughter.

      A quality - an action not perceived by the senses. Emotion.

      -

      Noun Spelling:

      Use a capital letter to name a specific noun (a proper noun)

      A person - Jane

      A place - Nannup

      A thing - C.W.A.

      A named animal - Fat Cat

      -

      Spelling changes for number: one or many.

      Usually a singular noun becomes plural by adding a …s

      helicopter - helicopters

      -

      Words ending in …ch, …sh, …z, …s become plural by adding ...es

      lunch - lunches

      bush - bushes

      fez - fezes, also fezzes

      box - boxes

      bus - buses

      -

      …y preceded by a vowel becomes plural by adding …s

      pay - pays

      annoy - annoys

      -

      …y preceded by a consonant, the y becomes i then add es

      enemy - enemies

      army - armies

      -

      Three nouns become plural in other ways:

      brother - brethren

      ox - oxen

      child - children

      -

      …f or …fe become plural by adding s.

      muff- muffs

      -

      …o preceded by a consonant sometimes become plural by adding es.

      Hero - heroes

      -

      or just by adding s.

      halo - halos

      -

      or by changing f to v and adding es

      life - lives

      wife - wives

      -

      English is often a stupid language.

      Seven nouns have internal changes

      woman - women

      goose - geese

      louse - lice

      mouse - mice

      man - men

      foot - feet

      -

      Compound nouns become plural by adding s to the crucial part of the noun.

      father-in-law - fathers-in-law

      good-bye - good-byes

      -

      Non-English words become plural according to the traditions of the original language.

      Thesis - Theses

      Monsieur - Messieurs

      Addendum - Addenda

      -

      For plurals of letters, signs and numbers add …'s.

      Mind your p's and q's.

      Delete all 6's.

      Follow the 's to the end

      -

      Nouns – the possessive case (genitive case).

      's shows who is the owner.

      Jane's bomb.

      Dante's inferno.

      A month's pay.

      -

      Formation of a possessive.

      Add 's to a simple noun

      Bill's bad temper.

      The cat's collar.

      Don't add 's after an s or you speak with a whistle.

      The Williams' pet snake

      -

      Add 's after the last word of a group with one idea.

      Sister-in-law's kangaroo

      Mothers-in-law's strike

      C.W.A.'s orgy

      * * *

      Exercises GP1 - Nouns

      Make the following nouns plural.

      monkey - piano - self

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