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Informationen zum Autor Lesley Ward is a teacher of grammar, proofreading and copy-editing. She leads training courses at the Society of Editors and Proofreaders, the Publishing Training Centre, the Irish Book Publishers' Association and the London College of Communication. Geraldine Woods has taught grammar for more than 35 years and is the author of over 50 books. Klappentext If you're confused by commas, perplexed by pronouns, and plain terrified by tenses, English Grammar For Dummies will put your fears to rest. Packed with expert guidance, it covers everything from sentence basics to rules even your English teacher didn't know - if you want to brush up on your grammar, this is the only guide you'll ever need. Discover how to: avoid common grammatical errors; get to grips with apostrophes; structure sentences correctly; use verbs and find the right tense; and decide when to use slang or formal English. Zusammenfassung If you're confused by commas! perplexed by pronouns! and plain terrified by tenses! English Grammar For Dummies will put your fears to rest. Packed with expert guidance! it covers everything from sentence basics to rules even your English teacher didn't know - if you want to brush up on your grammar! this is the only guide you'll ever need. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Part I: The Parts of Speech and 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 33 Chapter 4: Who's Doing What? Finding the Subject 51 Chapter 5: Having It All: The Complete Sentence 63 Chapter 6: Handling Complements 73 Part II: Avoiding Common Errors 83 Chapter 7: Getting Hitched: Marrying Sentences 85 Chapter 8: Do You Feel Bad or Badly? The Lowdown on Adjectives and Adverbs 99 Chapter 9: Prepositions, Interjections and Articles 115 Chapter 10: Everyone Brought Their Homework: Pronouns 125 Chapter 11: Just Nod Your Head: About Agreement 137 Part III: No Garage, but Plenty of Mechanics 153 Chapter 12: Apostrophes 155 Chapter 13: Quotations: More Rules than Revenue & Customs 171 Chapter 14: The Pause That Refreshes: Commas 193 Chapter 15: Adding Information: Semicolons, Dashes and Colons 203 Chapter 16: Capital Letters 215 Part IV: Polishing without Wax - The Finer Points of Grammar 229 Chapter 17: Pronouns and Their Cases 231 Chapter 18: Fine-Tuning Verbs 243 Chapter 19: Saying What You Want to Say: Descriptive Words and Phrases 259 Chapter 20: Good, Better, Best: Comparisons 265 Chapter 21: Keeping Your Balance 279 Part V: Rules Even Your Great-Aunt's Grammar Teacher Didn't Know 289 Chapter 22: The Last Word on Verbs 291 Chapter 23: The Last Word on Pronouns 301 Chapter 24: The Last Word on Sentence Structure 313 Chapter 25: The Last Word on Punctuation 327 Part VI: The Part of Tens 341 Chapter 26: Ten Ways Two to Improve Your Proofreading 343 Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Learn Better Grammar 347 Index 351 ...
List of contents
Introduction.
Part I: The Parts of Speech and Parts of the Sentence.
Chapter 1: I Already Know How to Talk. Why Should I Study Grammar?
Chapter 2: Verbs: The Heart of the Sentence.
Chapter 3: Relax! Understanding Verb Tense.
Chapter 4: Who's Doing What? Finding the Subject.
Chapter 5: Having It All: The Complete Sentence.
Chapter 6: Handling Complements.
Part II: Avoiding Common Errors.
Chapter 7: Getting Hitched: Marrying Sentences.
Chapter 8: Do You Feel Bad or Badly? The Lowdown on Adjectives and Adverbs.
Chapter 9: Prepositions, Interjections and Articles.
Chapter 10: Everyone Brought Their Homework: Pronouns.
Chapter 11: Just Nod Your Head: About Agreement.
Part III: No Garage, but Plenty of Mechanics.
Chapter 12: Apostrophes.
Chapter 13: Quotations: More Rules than Revenue & Customs.
Chapter 14: The Pause That Refreshes: Commas.
Chapter 15: Adding Information: Semicolons, Dashes and Colons.
Chapter 16: CAPITAL LETTERS.
Part IV: Polishing without Wax - The Finer Points of Grammar.
Chapter 17: Pronouns and Their Cases.
Chapter 18: Fine-Tuning Verbs.
Chapter 19: Saying What You Want to Say: Descriptive Words and Phrases.
Chapter 20: Good, Better, Best: Comparisons.
Chapter 21: Keeping Your Balance.
Part V: Rules Even Your Great-Aunt's Grammar Teacher Didn't Know.
Chapter 22: The Last Word on Verbs.
Chapter 23: The Last Word on Pronouns.
Chapter 24: The Last Word on Sentence Structure.
Chapter 25: The Last Word on Punctuation.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 26: Ten Ways Two to Improve Your Proofreading.
Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Learn Better Grammar.
Index.
