Basic American Grammar and Usage: an ESL/EFL Handbook

Name: Basic American Grammar and Usage: an ESL/EFL Handbook
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ISBN: 9780764133589

ISBN-10: 0764133586

ISBN-13: 9780764133589

Edition: 2006 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: Marcel Danesi

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Many students of English as a second language are daunted by the complexities of English grammar and its terminology. This user-friendly book was written especially for them. The emphasis here is on practical use of written and spoken American-style English, rather than on theory. The first of the books 15 chapters explains different kinds of sentencesaffirmative, negative, and interrogative, as well as clauses and phrases that are component parts of many sentences. Several chapters that follow focus on different parts of speech, describing their uses in verbal and written communication. The books later chapters discuss vocabulary, standard protocols in conversational speech, and modes of…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Publication date: 3/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Marcel Danesi is Professor of Semiotics and Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He has authored and co-authored many books on learning Italian and Spanish, including Learn Italian the Fast and Fun Way (Barron's).

Preface	p. v
Sentences	p. 1
What Is a Sentence?	p. 1
Affirmative Sentences	p. 5
Negative Sentences	p. 8
Interrogative Sentences	p. 10
Clauses and Phrases	p. 15
Typical Sentence Errors	p. 20
Nouns	p. 22
What Are Nouns?	p. 22
Gender	p. 28
Number	p. 31
Nouns as Modifiers	p. 37
Affixes	p. 39
Compound Nouns	p. 41
Determiners	p. 44
What Are Determiners?	p. 44
Articles	p. 46
Demonstratives	p. 51
Possessives	p. 53
Quantifiers	p. 56
Adjectives and Adverbs	p. 62
What Are Descriptive Adjectives?	p. 62
Adjectival Constructions	p. 65
What Are Adverbs?	p. 66
Comparison	p. 71
Pronouns	p. 75
Demonstrative and Possessive Pronouns	p. 75
Personal Pronouns	p. 77
Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns	p. 81
Relative Pronouns	p. 83
Indefinite and Impersonal Pronouns	p. 87
Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections	p. 92
What Are Prepositions?	p. 92
Two Tricky Prepositions	p. 104
What Are Conjunctions?	p. 106
What Are Interjections?	p. 110
Other Joining Words	p. 112
Interrogatives and Negatives	p. 116
What Are Interrogatives	p. 116
What Are Negatives?	p. 122
Negative Prefixes	p. 127
Verbs	p. 130
The Simple Present	p. 130
The Present Perfect	p. 135
The Simple Past (Preterit)	p. 139
The Pluperfect	p. 143
The Imperative	p. 145
The Progressive Tenses	p. 147
Reflexive and Indefinite Verbs	p. 154
Modal Verbs: the Future, the Conditional, and the Passive	p. 160
What Are Modal Verbs?	p. 160
The Future and the Conditional	p. 168
The Passive Voice	p. 171
Phrasal and Idiomatic Verbs	p. 176
What Are Phrasal and Idiomatic Verbs?	p. 176
Constructions with Do and Go	p. 180
Constructions with Look, Have, and Stay	p. 185
Constructions with Get	p. 188
Basic Vocabulary	p. 193
Numbers and Measurement	p. 193
Telling Time	p. 197
Dates	p. 200
The Weather and Directions	p. 203
Synonyms and Antonyms	p. 205
Suffixes and Commonly Confused Words	p. 208
Basic Conversation	p. 212
What Is a Conversation?	p. 212
Starting and Ending Conversations	p. 213
Other Common Expressions	p. 216
Basic Modes of Expression	p. 219
Expressing Likes, Dislikes, and Preferences	p. 219
Miscellaneous Expressions	p. 222
Expressions with Be and Take	p. 225
Written Communication	p. 230
Correspondence	p. 230
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Spelling	p. 232
Online Communication	p. 239
Resumes	p. 244
This and That	p. 247
Dependent Clauses	p. 247
Quoted and Reported Speech	p. 252
Variation	p. 255
Answers	p. 259
Irregular Verbs	p. 305
Index	p. 328
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