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Emily Dotson Biggs is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and Murray State University. She is currently an adjunct instructor at Paducah Community College and Murray State University and has taught English to students from kindergarten to college.

Chapter 1: NOUNS.

Chapter 2: VERBS.

Chapter 3: PRONOUNS.

Chapter 4: MODIFIERS: ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS.

Chapter 5: PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND INTERJECTIONS.

Chapter 6: PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES.

Chapter 7: COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS.

Chapter 8: PERIODS, QUESTION MARKS, AND EXCLAMATION POINTS.

Chapter 9: COMMAS, SEMICOLONS, AND COLONS.

Chapter 10: DASHES, PARENTHESES, AND QUOTATION MARKS.

Chapter 11: IDIOMS, CLICHES, JARGON, and FADDISH language.

Chapter 12: COMPOUND WORDS AND WORDINESS.

Chapter 13: PREWRITING: HOW TO BEGIN A WRITING ASSIGNMENT.

Chapter 14: PREWRITING: HOW TO RESEARCH AND ORGANIZE.

Chapter 15: WRITING.

Chapter 16: REVISING AND EDITING.

CQR Review.

CQR Resource Center.

GLOSSARY.

Appendix: FREQUENTLY CONFUSED WORDS.

Index.