�The text has very clear explanations, good examples, and excellent activities, especially sentence combining.
It goes beyond the �bare bones� approach often found in books with a similar purpose. I especially like the idea
of writing activities that require original sentences�not just fill-in-the-blanks.�
--Gerry Eldred, Long Beach City College
Sheffield Publishing Company Web Site, August, 2000
Summary
Commanding Sentences gives instructors a flexible writing program to meet the needs of students in college,
high school, continuation school, adult education and business. The text can be self-instructional because each
of the eleven study units includes a practice test and answer key. This makes it useful for people who want to
review writing patterns to refine their reports, letters, and memos.
Table of Contents
Unit 1 � Basic Sentence Patterns
Unit 2 � Verbs and Adverbs
Unit 3 � More about Verbs
Unit 4 � Nouns and Modifiers
Unit 5 � More Basic Sentence Patterns
Unit 6 � Pronouns and Agreement
Unit 7 � Coordination
Unit 8 � Subordination: Dependent Clauses
Unit 9 � Subordination: Verbal Phrases
Unit 10 � Punctuation and Capitalization
Unit 11 � Refining Sentences
