Part I. Building sentences. 25 ways to improve writing immediately. Nouns -- Pronouns -- Noun-pronoun agreement -- Verbs and verbals -- Subject verb agreement -- Adjectives -- Adverbs -- Comparison of adjectives and adverbs -- Prepositions -- Conjunctions -- Interjections -- Sentences and syntax. Part II. Punctuating. Periods -- Question marks -- Exclamation marks -- Commas -- Semicolons -- Colons and dashes -- Parentheses and brackets -- Slashes and hyphens -- Apostrophes -- Quotation marks -- Sensitivity in language. Part III. Quick reference. Reference 1: Words frequently confused -- Reference 2 : Words frequently misspelled -- Reference 3: Irregular verbs -- Wordiness and trite expressions -- When to use a hyphen, one word, or two words.