Excuse me, your participle's dangling! : how to use grammar to make your writing powers soar / Catherine DePino.

Includes index.

Verbs: the lifeblood of sentences -- How to build a sentence from start to finish -- Sentence fragments and run-on sentences: big time blunders corrected -- adjectives and adverbs: how to use them wisely -- Dangling and misplaced modifiers: how to identify and avoid them -- Commas, Part I: How they help sentences make sense -- Comma, Part II: How to punctuate restrictive and non-restrictive clauses and phrases -- The rest of the punctuation marks: all you need to know -- Agreement problems: How to spot and solve them -- Words often confused: How to get them straight -- Writing style: What it is and how to get it -- How to write under pressure using a foolproof plan -- Answer key.