Correct Your English Errors. Collins Tim.

McGraw-Hill Education, 2018. 2nd Ed., 368 p.

The bestselling ESL guide—now with extra review exercises to reinforce lessons learned. Do you tend to repeat the same mistakes when you speak or write in English? This fun and engaging guide will help you communicate like a native English speaker on a consistent basis. Correct Your English Errors, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to correcting the bad habits that can leave your audience confused. This skill-building book clearly explains all the key elements of English grammar and provides hundreds of examples of errors learners often make—all presented in color to make them stand out and easier to avoid.

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Contents
Introduction
Using This Book
Acknowledgments
Pretest
Pronunciation and Spelling
Pronunciation
Spelling
Capitalization
Punctuation
Grammar
Nouns
Numbers
Determiners
Pronouns
Adjectives
Possessive Words
Verbs
Be: Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense
Present Progressive Tense
Imperatives
Be: Simple Past Tense
Simple Past Tense
Past Progressive Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Future Tense with Going to and Will
Modal Verbs
Subject-Verb Agreement
Passive Voice
Two-Word Verbs
Reflexive and Reciprocal Verbs
Infinitives, Gerunds, and Participles
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conditional Sentences
Impersonal Expressions
Vocabulary
Review Exercises
Catch the Errors
Irregular Verb List
Hard-to-Spell Words
Answer Key
Index of Words and Expressions
Subject Index

USING THIS BOOK
There are many ways to use this book:
Take the Pretest at the start of the book (new to this second edition) and use the Answer Key study plan on pages ix-xxii to find the topics and sections that are the most difficult for you. Work through those sections in order.
Examine the “Avoid the Error” headings in each section. Read the examples and then the related explanations.
Use the index to find specific topics, as you need them.
Use the table of contents to find the specific chapters you want to study.
Work through the book in sequence from beginning to end for a complete overview or review of English grammar and the most common and vexing errors that learners make.
This book contains exercises at the end of each section, and review exercises at the end of the book. Follow these suggestions.
Complete the exercises at the end of each section and use the Answer Key to check your work. Then review any areas that were difficult for you, and complete the exercises again.
Use the review exercises (new to this edition) at the end of the book to review major topics. You can complete the review exercises at the end of each group of sections, or complete them all at once after you finish the book. Use the Answer Key to check your work. Then review any areas that were difficult for you, and complete the exercises again.
Use the “Catch the Errors” section at the end of the book as a final check of your understanding of the major topics in the book.

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