CULTIVATING CLEAR COMMUNICATION ESL by Richard J. Rome Copyright © 1998, All rights reserved.

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FOR EMILY,
and for pursuing the power of speaking and writing Standard English, the lingua franca.
Clear communication
Comes with work,
Not with wishes, as
Clear communicators
Love to work
To glean riches.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Self-teacher.............................IV
How to Use This Text.....................................VIII
Parts of Speech..........................................1

Part One:  reinforcement exercises.......................4
    Verbs................................................4
    Pronouns and Possessives.............................14
    Adjectives and Adverbs...............................25
    Prepositions.........................................29
    Capitalization.......................................34
    Punctuation..........................................38
    Sentence Structure...................................44

Part Two:  reinforcement exercises.......................49
    Verbs................................................49
    Pronouns and Possessives.............................55
    Adjectives and Adverbs...............................60
    Prepositions.........................................63
    Conjunctions.........................................66
    Punctuation..........................................70
    Sentence Structure...................................73

Part Three:  reinforcement exercises.....................79
    Verbs................................................79
    Pronouns and Possessives.............................84
    Adjectives and Adverbs...............................90
    Prepositions.........................................93
    Conjunctions.........................................96
    Sentence Structure...................................100

Reinforcement Practicum, Parts One, Two and Three........104

Allocation of Reference Section Rules by Parts...........107

Reference Section........................................108
    Sentences and Parts of Speech........................108
    Verbs................................................111
    Nouns and Pronouns...................................126
    Adjectives and Adverbs...............................139
    Prepositions (Idiom).................................147
    Conjunctions.........................................150
    Capitalization.......................................152
    Punctuation..........................................155
    Sentence Structure...................................160
    Idiom, Diction, Verbosity............................168
    Comparisons..........................................170
    Substandard Usage....................................171

Corrections From Substandard to Standard Usage...........172

Answers & References.....................................173

Index....................................................192