"Grammar Troublespots helps students identify and correct the grammatical errors they are likely to make when they write. It is the ideal aid for writing teachers preparing students for college-level writing. It can either be used in class or assigned as self-study material to individualize grammar instruction for writing students."--BOOK JACKET

Basic sentence structure -- Sentence building -- Sentence boundaries -- Punctuation -- Verbs and auxiliaries -- Verb tense system -- Present verb tenses -- Past verb tenses -- Active and passive voice -- Modal auxiliaries -- Nouns and quantity words -- Subject-verb agreement -- Articles -- Pronoun and pronoun reference -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Infinitive, -ing, and past participle forms -- Prepositions and phrasal verbs -- Relative clauses -- Conditions and wishes -- Quoting, reporting, and citing sources