English Grammar For Dummies
John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-470-54664-2 (ISBN)
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The fun and easy way to improve your grammarEnhancing your speaking and writing skills helps in everyday situations, such as writing a paper for school, giving a presentation to a company's bigwigs, or communicating effectively with family and friends. English Grammar For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you the latest techniques for improving your efficiency with English grammar and punctuation. * Teaches the rules of verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; prepositions, propositions, and pronoun pronouncements; punctuation; possessives; and proofreading skills for all communication * Geraldine Woods is the author of English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, College Admission Essays For Dummies, Research Papers For Dummies, SAT I For Dummies, 6th Edition, AP English Literature For Dummies, and AP English Language For DummiesFor speakers and writers of all skill levels, English Grammar For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides easy-to-follow, practical information for improving your command of English grammar.
Geraldine Woods teaches English and directs the independent study program at a high school for gifted students. She has more than 35 years of teaching experience and is the author of more than 40 books, including English Grammar Workbook For Dummies.
Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Down to Basics: The Parts of the Sentence 7 Chapter 1: I Already Know How to Talk. Why Should I Study Grammar? 9 Chapter 2: Verbs: The Heart of the Sentence 17 Chapter 3: Relax! Understanding Verb Tense 29 Chapter 4: Who's Doing What? How to Find the Subject 43 Chapter 5: Having It All: The Complete Sentence 55 Chapter 6: Handling Complements 73 Part II: Avoiding Common Errors 83 Chapter 7: Do You Feel Bad or Badly? The Lowdown on Adjectives and Adverbs 85 Chapter 8: Small Words, Big Trouble: Prepositions 101 Chapter 9: Everyone Brought Their Homework: Pronoun Errors 109 Chapter 10: Just Nod Your Head: About Agreement 121 Part III: No Garage, but Plenty of Mechanics 135 Chapter 11: Punctuation Law That Should Be Repealed: Apostrophes 137 Chapter 12: Quotations: More Rules Than the Internal Revenue Service 151 Chapter 13: The Pause That Refreshes: Commas 169 Chapter 14: Useful Little Marks: Dashes, Hyphens, and Colons 185 Chapter 15: CAPITAL LETTERS 195 Chapter 16: New Media, New Grammar Rules 207 Part IV: Polishing Without Wax The Finer Points of Grammar 219 Chapter 17: Pronouns and Their Cases 221 Chapter 18: Fine-Tuning Verbs 235 Chapter 19: Saying What You Want to Say: Descriptive Words and Phrases 253 Chapter 20: Good, Better, Best: Comparisons 265 Chapter 21: Parallels Without the Lines 281 Part V: Rules Even Your Great-Aunt's Grammar Teacher Didn't Know 295 Chapter 22: The Last Word on Verbs 297 Chapter 23: The Last Word on Pronouns 309 Chapter 24: The Last Word on Sentence Structure 323 Part VI: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 25: Ten Ways Two to Improve Your Proofreading 345 Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Learn Better Grammar 349 Index 353
| Zusatzinfo | ill |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Chichester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 187 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 518 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-470-54664-6 / 0470546646 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-54664-2 / 9780470546642 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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