Introduction; I. The Traditional Parts of Speech; Nouns; Pronouns; Adjectives; Verbs; Adverbs; Prepositions; Conjunctions; Interjections; II. Syntax; Sentences, Clauses, and Their Patterns; Traditional Sentence Diagramming; Transformational Grammar; III. Word Formation; IV. Word Usage; Introduction; Troublesome Words and Phrases; Bias-Free Language; Prepositional Idioms; V. Punctuation; The Comma; The Semicolon; The Colon; Parentheses; The Em-Dash (or Long Dash); The En-Dash (or Short Dash); The Hyphen; The Apostrophe; Quotation Marks; The Question Mark; The Exclamation Mark. The PeriodBrackets; The Slash (Virgule); Bullets; Ellipsis Dots; Select Glossary; Sources for Inset Quotations; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Word Index; General Index; Pronunciation Guide