While demonstrating the practical realities of acceptable usage, Grammar Matters answers two questions: First, "What exactly is grammar?" Second, "Why is it necessary to use grammar correctly?" In down-to-earth, no-nonsense language, the authors emphasize how grammar varies with custom and how the rules of grammar were invented out of necessity. Put a different way, the authors suggest that writing considered grammatical is always appropriate in its language whereas language that is not appropriate to the occasion or the audience is likely to be judged ungrammatical . Grammar Matters begins with the basic sentence--as seen from the viewpoint of native speakers as well as students learning English as a second language. Then the book moves briskly into the twenty most common sentence errors and how to fix them. Every topic is followed by drills, practice, and MyWritingLab skill sets that promise complete understanding and overall mastery.
| ISBN | 0205057055 | | Pages | 240 | | ISBN13 | 9780205057054
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 440 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Published in | Old Tappan | | Imprint | Allyn & Bacon | | Height (mm) | 276 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 07 Feb 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 10 | | DEWEY | 428.2 | | Academic level | Tertiary education | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Preface / Introduction Part 1, Sentence Basics Unit 1 Introduction: Grammar Matters Unit 2 The ESL Student and the Native Speaker Unit 3 The Sentence Unit 4 Building Sentences Part 2, The 20 Most Common Sentence Errors Error 1 Sentence Fragments Error 2 Run-on Sentences Error 3 Lack of Subject-Agreement Error 4 Incorrect Verb Forms Error 5 Incorrect Forms of Do, Be, and Have Error 6 Passive Voice Error 7 Shift in Tense Error 8 Shift in Point of View Error 9 Unclear or Missing Referent Error 10 Lack of Pronoun Agreement and Sexism Error 11 Trouble with Using Adverbs and Adjectives in Comparisons and Superlatives Error 12 Dangling or Misplaced Modifiers Error 13 Omitted Commas, Part 1 Error 14 Omitted Commas, Part 2 Error 15 Apostrophe Problems Error 16 Trouble with Quotation Marks Error 17 Incorrect Capitalization, Part 1 Error 18 Incorrect Capitalization, Part 2 Error 19 Misspelled Words, Part 1 Error 20 Misspelled Words, Part 2
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