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For each of the grammar topics listed, we will provide a quick definition, plus additional materials, exercises, and links. Many of the most common grammatical problems are also covered by one of our Hot Spots interactive exercises. Categories used by the Error Analyzer program (EA) are listed alongside their corresponding grammar topics. Most Error Analyzer categories are listed more than once; browse through each of the appropriate topics to get an overview, or ask your instructor to help you decide which one best addresses the particular problem you need to work on.

A, an     (EA: ART) Abbreviations & numbers Adjectives Adverbial conjunctions (linking words) Adverbs Agreement     (EA: VERBFORM) Antecedent (of pronouns)     (EA: PRO) Apostrophe     (EA: ORTHO) Articles     (EA: ART) Auxiliary (helping) verbs     (EA: VERBFORM) Bad, worse, worst (comparatives) Capitalization Clauses (dependent vs. independent) Clichés Collective nouns Comma     (EA: PUNC) Comma splice     (EA: SENT) Comparative forms Concrete/specific language Conjunctions Conjunctive adverbs Count vs. noncount nouns Fragments     (EA: SENT) Have, has, had     (EA: VERBFORM) Indefinite pronouns     (EA: PRO) Irregular verbs     (EA: VERBFORM) Mixed-up sentences     (EA: MUS) Modals (modal auxiliaries)   (EA: VERBFORM) Modifiers     (EA: MUS) Nouns     (EA: NUM) Numbers and numerals Participles     (EA: VERBFORM) Parts of speech Passive voice     (EA: VERBFORM) Past participle     (EA: VERBFORM) Perfect tenses     (EA: VERBFORM) Person (first, second, third)     (EA: PRO) Predicate Prepositions     (EA: VOC) Present participle     (EA: VERBFORM) Pronouns     (EA: PRO) Punctuation     (EA: PUNC) Quantifiers     (EA: VOC) Run-ons     (EA: SENT) Sentences     (EA: SENT, MUS) Soundalikes     (EA: ORTHO, VOC) Spelling     (EA: ORTHO) Subject Subordinating conjunctions Verb tense     (EA: VERBFORM) Verbals Verbs     (EA: VERBFORM) Word choice (diction)     (EA: VOC)

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