Grammar for Grown-ups
Grammar for Grown-ups

Author: Katherine Fry

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1448138701

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A comprehensive but light-hearted guide to grammar for the twenty-first century. Agitated about apostrophes? Struggling with spelling? Dithering over dangling participles? Stumped by the subjunctive? Relax. Help is at hand... For native English speakers who realise that there is more to good English than meets the eye, but don’t know where to start; for parents struggling to explain the finer details to their kids; and for English- language students everywhere . . . this is the only book you need. Grammar for Grown-Ups guides you through the perils, pitfalls and problematic aspects of the English language, with fun test-yourself sections all the way.

Grammar for Grown-ups
Grammar for Grown-ups

Author: Craig Shrives

Publisher: Kyle Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780857830807

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Everything you need to know but never learnt in school. This is a straight talking and methodical grammar reference guide that is perfect for anyone who wants to write with confidence. Packed with entertaining examples and quotes from everyone from Homer the Greek to Homer Simpson, the guide keeps readers engaged with a wealth of great quotations to help get writing up to scratch.

Grammar for Grownups
Grammar for Grownups

Author: Val Dumond

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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A practical and entertaining handbook that will help anyone get their written messages across in a clear and effective way.

Grown Ups
Grown Ups

Author: Marian Keyes

Publisher: Doubleday Canada

Published: 2020-06-30

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 038569590X

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INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER! A brand-new book from the #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Woman Who Stole My Life. They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together--birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Johnny's wife, Jessie--who has the most money--insists on it. Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. While some people clash, other people like each other far too much . . . Still, everything manages to stay under control--that is, until Ed's wife, Cara, gets a concussion and can't keep her thoughts or opinions to herself. One careless remark at Johnny's birthday party, with the entire family present, and Cara starts spilling all their secrets. As everything unravels, each of the adults finds themselves wondering if it's--finally--the time to grow up.

How Good Is Your Grammar?
How Good Is Your Grammar?

Author: John Sutherland

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780722856

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"How good is your grammar? John Sutherland poses this infinitely fascinating question, and puts us all on the spot in the most illuminating and enriching way. Full of tests and quizzes, HGYG? is not a rule book, or 'primer' - although the author lays down a set of 'Queensberry Rules' (he is, after all, a professor), before getting on to the interesting stuff. And interesting it is...How much does it matter, for example, that for purists 'Telephone' is ungrammatical, 'Television' grammatical? How grammatically disastrous was the 42nd President's proclamation to the world, 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman'...? Does it matter that USS Enterprise resolves to boldly go at warp speed through the split infinitive...? Elsewhere 'bad' grammar, as text-books define it, is a creative necessity: If poetry is the graveyard of grammar (Think e e cummings), then popular music dances merrily on grammar's grave ('I feel good!' -surely that should be 'well', James?), while text-speak could be either linguistic barbarism or a fascinating test-tube example of grammar's powers of adaptation. This book offers a deliciously challenging parlour game approach to grammar. It is a quizzy, fizzy, learned book, which will entertain, amuse and instruct - wherever English is spoke (sic)."--Wheelers.co.nz.

Homework for Grown-ups
Homework for Grown-ups

Author: E. Foley

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2009-08-11

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0767932404

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A nostalgic compendium of essential knowledge that can help you show the world that you’re smarter than a ten-year-old after all! Have you ever stared blankly at your kids when they’ve asked why the sky is blue? Or clumsily changed the subject when they’ve wanted to know why the wind blows? If you’re done with school, it’s likely you’re also done knowing the difference between an isosceles and equilateral triangle, and you probably leave participles dangling all over the place. Well, not anymore! Thanks to professional know-it-alls Foley and Coates, you can now gain back your self-respect and actually show those kids a thing or two as you tell it to them straight (and not make it up from fragments of facts you kind of remember). Packed with all the basic facts that have managed to free-fall from our heads over the years, Homework for Grown-ups is the ultimate grammar school refresher course in book form. In fact, there’s even a quiz at the end of each chapter to ensure you’ve been paying attention! Written in the light, engaging style of a favorite teacher and featuring lessons in English, math, history, science, geography, art, and even home economics and recess, this fun and handy guide will help you stop hemming and hawing and start speaking with a lot more authority—and a little less shame. E. FOLEY and B. COATES are editors at Vintage who both live in London.

Urban Grammar Quick Fixes ( B & W)
Urban Grammar Quick Fixes ( B & W)

Author: Ashan R Hampton

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-02-21

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1329919238

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As coined by long-time English instructor, Ashan R. Hampton, urban grammar is the pervasive non-standard usage of the English language - often popularized and satirized in the media - versus the knowledge and good practice of standard English grammar rules. Rememorable or memorable? Sticked or stuck? Unlegal or illegal? Worser or worse? Learn commonly misused, misinterpreted, mispronounced or misspelled words and how to correct them according to standard English conventions. Remember, good communication begins with good grammar.

Smashing Grammar
Smashing Grammar

Author: Craig Shrives

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2019-08-26

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 085783794X

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'Few people understand Grammar like Craig Shrives. Best of all, no one explains it so well and so easily.' - Chief Executive of Crimestoppers and former Director of the Intelligence Corps, Mark Hallas OBE Written by a former British Army officer (also the founder of the popular website Grammar Monster), Smashing Grammar is both a go-to grammar guide and a primer for writing clear English. Smashing Grammar is divided into three sections: A-Z of Punctuation, A-Z of Grammar Essentials and A-Z of Easily Confused Words. Every entry starts with a simple explanation and some basic examples. These are followed by real-life, engaging examples, which have been painstakingly hunted down for their ability to illustrate the point. Every entry concludes with a 'Why Should I Care?' section offering great tips and advice and explaining why the grammar point matters to a writer. Imbued with 'barrack room' humour, the writing itself is entertaining and often laugh-out-loud funny, with thousands of sample quotations ranging from Groucho Marx and Homer the Simpson to Karl Marx and Homer the Greek.

Kites Sail High
Kites Sail High

Author: Ruth Heller

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1998-02-23

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0698113896

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Perfect for introductory grammar lessons! What is a verb? Explore language and discover how to identify verbs and their many forms from the imperative mood to active vs. passive voice to verb phrases. “Heller’s… concept book explicates and celebrates verbs of all kinds, in ebullient verses which themselves sail and soar.” —Publishers Weekly “Graphic play and world play make this an ingenious lesson that no classroom grammarian should miss.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “Children will find it a painless and concise grammar lesson as well as a visual treat… A boon for language arts teachers as well as for all children and adults who love to play with language.” —School Library Journal About the Explore! series: Dedicated to helping children learn a variety of nonfiction subjects, the Explore series uses pitch-perfect rhyming text and brilliantly illustrated images to make learning fun.