Includes index. Wilson, P., & Glazier, T. F. (2015). The least you should know about english : Writing skills (12th ed.). Stamford, CT : Cengage Learning.

What is the least you should know? -- Word use -- Your own list of mispelled words -- Words that can be broken into parts -- Guidelines for doubling a final letter -- Words often confused (set1) -- Words often confused (set 2) -- The eight parts of speech -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Contractions -- Possessives -- Sentence structure -- Finding subjects and verbs -- Locating prepositional phrases -- Understanding dependent clauses -- Correcting fragments -- Correcting run-on sentences -- Identifying verb phrases -- Using standard english verbs -- Using regular and irregular verbs -- Maintaining subject-verb agreement -- Avoiding shift in time -- Recognizing verbal phrases -- Correcting misplaced or dangling modifiers -- Following sentence patterns -- Avoiding cliches, awkward phrasing, and wordiness -- Correcting for parallel structure -- Using pronouns -- Avoiding shifts in person -- Punctuation -- Periods, question marks, exclamation points, semicolons, colons, dashes -- Commas used to separate elements -- Commas used to enclosed elements -- Quotation marks and italics/underlines -- Capital letters -- Writing -- What is the least you should know writing? -- Basic structures -- Writing skills

Provides explanations that offer students "just in time support" reinforced by real-world samples, 170 exercises, and instant feedback in all areas of writing. This book includes exercises from multiple disciplines that broaden students' understanding and interest in science, art, history, film, literature, social studies, and the media.