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100	1		_aNorton, Sarah, _d1941-
245	1	4	_aThe Bare Essentials Plus / _cSarah Norton, Brian Green.
260			_aToronto : _bHarcourt Brace Canada, _c1997.
300			_axv, 396 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_a"The Bare Essentials Plus is designed for college students who want to learn how to write clearly and correctly. An adaptation of the bestseller The Bare Essentials, Form A, this text includes instruction and practice in the skills essential to good writing: organization, development, sentence structure, grammar, and mechanics. It also features a new unit desgined to meet the needs of advanced ESL learners. Concise explanations, humorous exercises, and an easy-to-use answer key make The Bare Essentials Plus suitable for students in individualized learning programs as well as traditional composition courses. Whether students are new to Canada or lifelong residents, they will enjoy using this clearly Canadian text" (Book cover).
505			_aContents
505			_aUnit 1 Spelling _t1. Three Suggestions for Quick Improvement _t2. Sound-Alikes, Look-Alikes, and Spoliers _t3. Capital Letters _t4. The Apostrophe
505			_aUnit 2 Sentence Structure _t5. Cracking the Sentence Code — Finding Subjects and Verbs — More about Subjects — Multiple Subjects and Verbs _t6. Solving Sentence-Fragment Problems — Independent and Dependent Clauses _t7. Solving Run-On Sentence Problems — Comma Splices and Fused Sentences _t8. Solving Modifier Problems — Misplaced Modifiers — Dangling Modifiers _t9. The Parallelism Principle _t10. Refining by Combining — Sentence Combining — Using Conjunctions — Using Relative Pronouns
505			_aUnit 3 Grammar _t11. Choosing the Correct Verb Form — The Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs — Using Present and Past Participles Correctly — Choosing between Active and Passive Voice _t12. Mastering Subject-Verb Agreement — Singular and Plural — Six Special Cases _t13. Keeping Your Tenses Consistent _t14. Choosing the Correct Pronoun Form _t15. Mastering Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement _t16. Maintaining Person Agreement
505			_aUnit 4 Punctuation _t17. The Comma — Four Comma Rules _t18. The Semicolon _t19. The Colon _t20. Quotation Marks _t21. Question Marks, Exclamation Marks, and Punctuation Review
505			_aUnit 5 Organizing Your Writing _t22. Finding Something to Write About — Choosing a Subject — Selecting Your Main Points — Arranging Your Main Points _t23. Writing the Thesis Statement _t24. Writing the Outline _t25. Writing the Paragraphs — Developing Your Paragraphs — Writing Introductions and Conclusions — Keeping Your Reader with You _t26. Revising Your Paper — What Is Revision? — Revising Content and Organization — Revising Paragraphs and Sentences -- Editing and Proofreading
505			_aUnit 6 Mastering Your New Language _tIntroduction _t27. Choosing the Correct Tense — Tenses that Express Present Time — Tenses that Express Past Time —Tenses that Express Future Time _t28. More About Verbs (For Those Who Need It) — Using Modals — Forming Negation _t29. Solving Plural Problems _t30. Using Articles Accurately _t31. Practising with Prepositions _t32. Understanding Idioms
505			_aAppendixes _tA. Readings _tB. List of Grammatical Terms _tC. Answers to Exercises
505			_aIndex
650		0	_aEnglish language _xComposition and exercises.
650		5	_aEnglish language _xTextbooks for second language learners.
700	1		_aGreen, Brian.
942			_2z _cBK