How Grammar Works A Self-Teaching Guide

Name: How Grammar Works A Self-Teaching Guide
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ISBN: 9780471243885

ISBN-10: 0471243884

ISBN-13: 9780471243885

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Patricia Osborn

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The theory behind How Grammar Works is that effective language usage comes more easily to someone who has first understood the system of grammar than to someone who merely sets out to memorise a list of rules.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/10/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.93" wide x 9.45" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836



The Essentials Of Language


What is Grammar, Anyway


Nouns: The Building Blocks of Sentences


Verbs: The Energy of Sentences


Complements: The Completion of the Verb


Pronouns: Getting Personal


Adjectives: The First Add-On


Adverbs: Add-On Number Two


Prepositions: Relating One Word to Another


Coordinating Conjunctions: One and One Makes Two


Action And Interaction: The System At Work


Word Order is Part of Meaning


Just Enough Punctuation


The 5 W's and an H. The Amazing Word Be and its Many Faces


More About Pronouns and Nouns


Introducing the Verbals


More Punctuation: I Said, "May I Have Your Attention Please?" Combining Sentences


Keeping It Simple, Even When Sentences Get Complex


Verbs Do More: The Fine Points of Using Verbs


Questions of Usage: How Can Words Agree with One Another When People Don't


Forming Comparisons Correctly: A Matter of Degree


The Complete Sentence: Putting It All Together


Making the Right Choice


Index