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Book Summary of The Good Grammar Guide
Before any student can learn to write with clarity and style, one must have a solid, working knowledge of grammar. Written by an experienced, practicing English teacher who has taught university and secondary school students for years, "The Good Grammar Guide" provides sound and meticulous advice on parts of speech, inflections, syntax, and punctuation in a friendly and encouraging manner. Full of exercises for the reader to practice what they have learned, this book is for anyone who wants to improve their knowledge and usage of the fundamentals of grammar.
Does grammar bother you? Does it first inspire boredom, then fear? Since the virtual removal of formal grammar teaching from our schools` standard curriculum forty years ago, such negative responses have increasingly characterised students and professionals alike. As this lively and user-friendly book sets out to prove, that is both unfortunate and unnecessary. Not only is grammar an enabling servant rather than a tyrannical set of absolute rules: it can also be fun.
This light-hearted guide offers extensive coverage of Parts of Speech, Syntax, Inflection and Punctuation, along with a detailed look at common errors and misconceptions. Regular exercises are included, as is a baleful survey of Political Correct usage, whose desire to sanitize and control the way we speak is injurious to grammar, language itself and indeed the way we live now.
The aim throughout this book is to reassure and entertain as well as instruct. This handy volume puts an amusing light on grammar, and as such it is guaranteed to banish boredom and fear.
The Good Grammar Guide can also be read as a companion to one of Richard Palmer`s o isbn
9780415312264
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Pages : 224
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