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Making Everything Easier!
Your concise and fun guide to
mastering good grammar Open the book and find: Grammar Essentials
Need to brush up on your grammar pronto? This easy-
• Clear explanations of vital
to-use guide teaches you all the tricks of the grammar grammar rules
trade to help municate accurately and
effectively. From making peace between subjects • Examples of correct and incorrect
usage Grammar
and verbs to mas and apostrophes correctly,
you’ll improve your writing and English skills in no time! • Strategies for solving grammati-
cal dilemmas
• Grasp grammar nitty-gritty — understand what
grammar is and how to put it to work in the real • Punctuation principles Essentials
world
• The basics of capital letters
• Start with your subjects — identify subjects,
make subjects and verbs agree, and work with • How to choose the right words
difficult subjects (such as whose vs. who’s)
• Prepare for pronouns — pair them with nouns, • Tips for tackling troublemakers
choose between singular and plural pronouns, such as double negatives and
and master the use of possessive pronouns indirect objects
• Construct plete sentence — steer clear of • Ten ways to learn better grammar
fragments and run-ons, join ideas, and watch out
for danglers
• Understand adjectives and adverbs — find them,
place them, choose between them, and avoid Learn:
common mistakes
• Exactly what you need to know
• Improve your writing — identify your audience, to grasp grammar
add meaning with strong verbs, and spice up Go to ®
boring sentences for videos, step-by-step photos, • The must-know parts of speech
how-to articles, or to shop!
• What material often appears on
college admissions tests
$ US / $11. / £ UK
Geraldine Woods has more than 35 ISBN 978-0-470-61837-0
years of teaching experience and is the
author of more than 50 books, including
English Grammar