Painless grammar
Book - 2021
"This new edition of Painless Grammar provides students with a lighthearted, step-by-step approach to understanding English grammar. Inside you'll find: comprehensive coverage of English grammar, including parts of speech, punctuation, examples on constructing sentences by using grammar rules, and much more; painless tips, common pitfalls, sample sentences, instructive tables and sidebars; brain tickler quizzes and answers throughout each chapter to test your progress. Whether you're a middle school student, high school student, or an adult looking to refresh your knowledge, Painless Grammar makes learning easy, fun...and painless!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Hauppauge :
Barron's Educational Series
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Fifth edition
- Item Description
- Includes index (pages [227]-228).
- Physical Description
- 228 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781506268101
- How to Use This Book
- Chapter 1. Parts of Speech
- Noun Pointers
- Pronoun Pointers
- Verb Pointers
- Adjective and Adverb Pointers
- Conjunction Pointers
- Preposition Pointers
- Interjection Pointers
- Brain Ticklers-The Answers
- Chapter 2. Building and Punctuating Sentences
- Sentences, Fragments, Phrases, and Clauses
- Road Signs: Punctuation
- Highlights: Abbreviations, Symbols, Numbers, and Emphasis
- Brain Ticklers-The Answers
- Chapter 3. Agreement
- Agreement Between Subject and Verb
- Agreement Between Pronouns and Antecedents
- Brain Ticklers-The Answers
- Chapter 4. Words, Words, Words
- Wacky Words We Love to Misuse
- One Word or Two?
- Confusing Pears
- Brain Ticklers-The Answers
- Chapter 5. Cleaning Up Messy Writing
- The Fifteen Top Techniques for Correcting Messy Writing
- Brain Ticklers-The Answers
- Chapter 6. Writing a Good E-mail
- Some Guidelines
- The Old-Fashioned Way
- Chapter 7. Getting It All Together
- Editing a Paper
- Index