Utter A Few Adjectives!
Utter A Few Adjectives!

Author: Mark Randolph Watters

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-08-11

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1387158317

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The follow-up companion volume to Say A Few Syl-la-bles!, Utter A Few Adjectives! is a compilation of short stories, poems, limericks, and comics. This delightfully insightful collection contains introspective studies, stories of the supernatural and the unexplained, reminiscences of a cherished childhood friend, recollections of the author's stay-at-home-dad experiences, the art of the five-line poem, and even offers experiments in stick-man comickery. Sure to please any reader. Enjoy!

Penguin Writers' Guides: How to Write Better English
Penguin Writers' Guides: How to Write Better English

Author: Robert Allen

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2005-06-30

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0141941359

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The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively. This essential guide covers the key rules - and pitfalls - of written and spoken grammar. It covers such areas as: the building blocks of language, common errors and misconceptions, choosing the right level of expression, differences between British and American English, and political correctness. It also discusses various uses of language, from creative writing, CVs and reports to verbal presentations, and business and personal letters, with many useful suggestions for accurate and fluent English.

English for the Natives
English for the Natives

Author: Harry Ritchie

Publisher: John Murray

Published: 2013-10-10

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1848548389

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'My first English lesson was grammar with the terrifying Mrs Petrie. She spent the entire time marching up and down the classroom, thwacking various items of school furniture with a ruler while she banged on about the ING part of the verb. I sat there, vibrating with fear, desperately trying to figure out what on earth she could mean. Irregular Negative Gerund? Intransitive Nominative Genitive? It was only years later, when I was teaching English to foreign students, that I realised that English grammar wasn't obscure and wilfully difficult but a fascinating subject which I was already brilliant at - and this book will prove that you are too.' Forget the little you think you know about English grammar and start afresh with this highly entertaining and accessible guide. English for the Natives outlines the rules and structures of our language as they are taught to foreign students - and have never before been explained to us. Harry Ritchie also examines the grammar of dialects as well as standard English and shows how non-standard forms are just as valid. With examples from a wide variety of sources, from Ali G to John Betjeman, Margaret Thatcher to Match of the Day, this essential book reveals some surprising truths about our language and teaches you all the things you didn't know you knew about grammar.

Patterns and Meanings
Patterns and Meanings

Author: Alan Partington

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9789027222701

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Patterns and Meanings consists of case studies which make use of corpora and concordance technology. Each case study elaborates a problem area, makes reference to both the descriptive and applied literature thus far, and then suggests ways of exploiting corpus data to shed light on the problem. Language phenomena investigated include word sense, phraseology and syntax, metaphor and creative use, text reference, idiom, and translation. Emphasis is given to information that usually cannot be found in dictionaries, grammars, language textbooks or other resources, but which the study of corpus data makes available. This work is particularly important not only for its language description insights, but also for pedagogical application. Further useful suggestions are included on setting up a medium-sized corpus on a personal computer.

The Positions of Adjectives in English
The Positions of Adjectives in English

Author: P. H. Matthews

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2014-12-18

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0191503800

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This book explores the uses of adjectives in different constructions, and of the problems that arise in their analysis, both in terms of syntactic theory and philosophy of grammar. Professor Matthews also examines a variety of other issues relating to individual adjective positions, including the basic structure of noun phrases and the justification for binary constituents; the status of the copular and its uses in the progressive; the indeterminacy of what were once described as raised constructions; and the function of postmodifying adjectives and adjective phrases in relation to others. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical and descriptive linguistics, especially those focusing on the history of the English language and lexicology.

Juan and Marie Join the Class
Juan and Marie Join the Class

Author: Jane Bell Kiester

Publisher: Maupin House Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 0929895347

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In Juan and Marie Join the Class, third-grade students will have fun learning about the language and customs of Mexico and France as they master vocabulary, punctuation, literary devices, and sentence structure. Clear instructions help you integrate the proven Caught'ya! approach easily into your classroom. And for your convenience, the supplemental CD contains the Caught'ya! sentences formatted in Word for duplication, along with writing suggestions and activities, a complete and easy-to-use grammar reference with examples and teaching tips, and other helpful tools.

The Structure of Modern English
The Structure of Modern English

Author: Laurel J. Brinton

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9781556196621

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This text is designed for undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language. Focus is placed exclusively on English data, providing an empirical explication of the structure of the language.