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77 Structure................. CONTENTS 2 SECTION 191 ................. Reading to Introduction BASICS 187 Negatives.......................................... 32. 184 MisplacedModifiers................................ 31. 182 Appositives........................................ 30. 178 Comparisons...................................... 29. 175 Conjunctions...................................... 28. 168 ....................................... WordOrder 27. 163 Articles............................................ 26. 157 Prepositions....................................... 25. 152 SingularandPluralNouns.......................... 24. 146 Pronouns.......................................... 23. 139 Gerunds,Infinitives,andSimpleForms............. 22. 135 Participles......................................... 21. 128 Verbs.............................................. 20. 118 WordChoice....................................... 19. 108 WordForms....................................... 18. 102 ........................................ Parallelism 17. 99 NounClauses...................................... 16. 94 .................................... AdverbClauses 15. 90 AdjectiveClauses 14. 85 IndependentClauses............................... 13. 82 ................................. 3 TEST PREVIEW vi www.petersons.com 244 SentenceAdditionItems............................ 38. 238 ................................... ReferenceItems 37. 231 .................................. VocabularyItems 36. 224 InferenceandPurposeItems....................... 35. 217 Detail,Negative,andScanningItems................ 34. 206 OverviewItems.................................... 33. Lesson 198 Structure Reading..................................

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