Revision of: Grammar and writing skills for the health professional / Lorraine Villemaire, Doreen Villemaire. 2001. Includes index.

Chapter 1. Guidelines for Effective Writing Skills -- The Writing Process -- Step 1. Prewriting -- Step 2. Writing -- Step 3. Rewriting -- Step 4. Finalizing -- Step 5. Proofreading -- Writing Style -- Computer Writing -- Medical Spelling -- Guidelines for Effective Writing Summary -- Chapter 2. Nouns -- Types of Nouns -- Proper and Common Nouns -- Collective Nouns -- Concrete Nouns -- Abstract Nouns -- Characteristics and Functions of Nouns -- Gender -- Number -- Forming Plurals in General -- Forming the Plurals of Medical Terms -- Functions of Nouns -- Nominative Case: Subject -- Nominative Case: Predicate Noun -- Objective Case -- Possessive Case -- Appositives and Direct Address -- Nouns Functioning as Phrases or Clauses -- Nouns Summary -- Medical Spelling -- Medical Office Correspondence -- The Medical Letter -- Letter Components -- Heading -- Inside Address -- Salutation -- Body -- Closing and Signature -- Other Notations -- Formats and Presentation of Letters -- Folding the Letter -- Business Envelope (91/2 by 43/16 inches) -- Use the Envelope to Get the Folds Right -- Smaller Envelopes -- Envelopes with Windows -- Addressing the Envelope -- Medical Office Correspondence Summary -- Medical Letter Format -- Chapter 3. Pronouns -- Types of Pronouns -- Personal Pronouns -- Gender -- Number and Person -- Nominative Case -- Objective Case -- Possessive Case -- Reflexive Pronouns -- Relative Pronouns -- Indefinite Pronouns -- Interrogative Pronouns -- Demonstrative Pronouns -- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement -- Number -- Gender -- Person -- Pronoun Summary -- Medical Spelling -- The Office Memorandum -- Structure of a Memo -- Writing the Memo -- Electronic Mail -- E-Mail Guidelines -- Office Memorandum and Electronic Mail Summary -- Chapter 4. Verbs -- Types of Verbs -- Action Verbs -- Being Verbs -- Main Verbs and Helping Verbs -- Common Helping Verbs -- Linking Verbs -- Common Linking Verbs -- Transitive and Intransitive Verbs -- Gerunds -- Infinitives -- Person of a Verb -- Number of a Verb -- Verb Tenses -- Present Tense -- Past Tense -- Future Tense -- Principal Parts of Verbs -- Regular Verbs -- Irregular Verbs -- Confusing and Troublesome Verbs -- Lie and Lay -- Rise and Raise -- May and Can -- Use of Verb Tenses in Sentences -- Voices of Verbs -- Active and Passive Verbs -- Identifying the Passive Voice -- Moods of Verbs -- Verbs Summary -- Verb tenses -- Principal parts of speech -- Regular -- Irregular -- Voices of verbs -- Moods of verbs -- Medical Spelling -- The Medical Record -- The Language of the Medical Record -- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- Chapter 5. Sentences -- Components of Sentences -- Sentence Structure -- Simple Sentences -- Compound Sentences -- Complex Sentences -- Compound-Complex Sentences -- Classifications of Sentences -- Declarative Sentences -- Imperative Sentences -- Interrogative Sentences -- Exclamatory Sentences -- Ineffective Sentences -- The Fragmented Sentence -- The Comma Splice -- The Run-on sentence -- Effective Sentences -- Parallel Structure -- Conciseness -- Diction -- Positive Statements -- Sentence Summary -- Classifications of Sentences -- Medical Spelling -- Charting and Documenting -- Traditional or Narrative Charting -- SOAP -- SOAPE -- SOAPIE -- SOAPIER -- PIE -- Charting and Documenting Summary -- Chapter 6. Punctuation -- Punctuation -- The Period -- Other Uses for the Period -- The Question Mark -- The Exclamation Point -- The Comma -- The Semicolon -- The Colon -- Parentheses -- The Dash -- The Hyphen -- The Apostrophe -- Italics -- Quotation Marks -- Punctuation Summary -- Medical Spelling -- History and Physical Reports -- Consultation Report -- Medical Reports Summary -- Chapter 7. Adjectives -- Types of Adjectives -- Limiting Adjectives -- A and AN -- Singular and Plural -- Interrogative and Proper Adjectives -- Predicate and Compound Adjectives -- Descriptive Adjectives -- Placement of Adjectives -- Modifiers and Placement -- Degrees of Adjectives to Express Comparison -- Positive -- Comparative -- Superlative -- Other Comparisons -- Troublesome Adjectives -- Eponyms -- Adjectives Summary -- Degrees of Comparison Summary -- Medical Spelling -- Radiology Report -- Pathology Report -- Discharge Summary -- Operative Report -- Medical Reports Summary -- Chapter 8. Adverbs -- Recognizing Adverbs -- Adverbs as Modifiers -- Frequency Adverbs -- Degrees of Adverbs to Express Comparison -- Positive -- Comparative -- Superlative -- Other Comparisons -- Changing Adjectives into Adverbs -- Negative Adverbs -- Not as a Contraction -- Double Negatives -- Placement of Adverbs -- Troublesome Adverbs -- Adverbs Summary -- Medical Spelling -- Facsimile -- Phone Messages -- Minutes of a Meeting -- Facsimile, Phone Message, and Minutes of a Meeting Summary -- Chapter 9. Prepositions and Conjunctions -- Prepositions -- Compound Prepositions -- Prepositional Phrases -- Prepositional Noun/Pronoun Modifiers -- Prepositional Verb Modifiers -- Problematic Prepositions -- Prepositions at the End of a Sentence -- Conjunctions -- Coordinating Conjunctions -- Correlative Conjunctions -- Subordinating Conjunctions -- Prepositions and Conjunctions Summary -- Summary of the Parts of Speech -- Medical Spelling -- Research, Manuscripts, Grants -- Research -- Manuscripts -- General Format Guidelines -- APA Writing Style -- Title Page -- Abstract Page -- Text Page -- Reference Page -- Citations -- Grant Writing -- Proposal Summary -- Problem Statement -- Goals and Objectives -- Methods -- Evaluation -- Future Funding -- Budget -- Research, Manuscripts, Grants Summary -- Chapter 10. Phrases and Clauses -- Phrases -- Prepositional Phrase -- Prepositional Phrase Used As a Noun -- Prepositional Phrase Used As an Adjective -- Prepositional Phrase Used As an Adverb -- Verbal Phrases -- Participial Phrase -- Gerund Phrase -- Infinitive Phrase -- Appositive Phrase -- Clauses -- Independent Clauses -- Dependent Clauses -- Noun Clause -- Adjective Clause -- Adverb Clause -- Medical Spelling -- Promotional Writing -- Comprehensive Review -- Chapter 11. The Paragraph -- Types of Paragraphs -- Narrative Paragraph -- Descriptive Paragraph -- Expository Paragraph -- Persuasive Paragraph -- Structure of a Paragraph -- Topic Sentence -- Supporting Sentences -- Concluding Sentence -- Paragraph Organization -- Time Example -- Location Example -- Deduction Example -- Induction Example -- Cause and Effect Example -- Comparison Example -- Definition Example -- Paragraph Unity -- Paragraph Summary -- Medical Spelling -- Comprehensive Review -- Appendix A. Spelling Rules -- Appendix B. Capitalization Rules -- Appendix C. Number Use -- Appendix D. Cliches -- Appendix E. Title and Salutations -- Appendix F. Instructor's Symbols for Correction -- Appendix G. General Rules for Abbreviations -- Appendix H. Medical Abbreviations and Symbols -- Appendix I. Use of a Thesaurus -- Appendix J. Use of the English Dictionary -- Appendix K. Use of the Medical Dictionary -- Appendix L. Answers to Practical Exercises.