Grammar : a friendly approach / Christine Sinclair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinclair, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar.

English language.

English language--Usage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkshire, England ; New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill : Open University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book introduces grammar in a gentle way by illustrating the kinds of issues students may come across by setting them in context using a soap opera style script.

Contents:

Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Introduction to the second edition; 1 Introduction; 2 Bad language; 3 Standard practice; 4 Who or what is the subject?; 5 Where's the action? The verb; 6 The complete sentence; 7 What goes wrong with sentences?; 8 Speaking personally; 9 More on complex sentences: relationships and relatives; 10 How to be offensive with punctuation; 11 That pesky apostrophe; 12 Checking the checker; 13 Quote/unquote - avoiding plagiarism; 14 The machine's out to get us; 15 Finale; 16 Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-182) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-33880-7

9786613338808

0-335-24087-9

OCLC:

654029521