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The truth about English grammar / Geoffrey K. Pullum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press, 2024Description: xii, 189 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781509560547
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE1112 .P85 2024
Contents:
Clauses, sentences, and phrases — Types of words — Clause types — Nouns and their phrases — Determinatives — Verbs — Adjectives — Adverbs — Prepositions — Coordinators, subordinators, and interjections — Content clauses — Tenseless subordinate clauses — Passive clauses — Relative clauses — Mythical grammar errors — Spelling and punctuation — Style.
Summary: "Do you worry that your understanding of English grammar isn't what it should be? It may not be your fault. For hundreds of years, vague and confused ideas about how to state the rules have been passed down from one generation to the next. The available books for the general reader - thousands of them, shamelessly plagiarizing each other - repeat the same misguided definitions and generalizations that appeared in the schoolbooks used by your great-great-grandparents. Geoffrey K. Pullum thinks you deserve better. In this book he breaks away from the tradition. Presupposing no prior knowledge or technical terms, he provides an informal introduction to the essential concepts underlying grammar and usage. With his foundation, you will be equipped to understand the classification of words, the structure of phrases and clauses, and why some supposed grammar rules are really just myths. Also covered are some of the key points about spelling, apostrophes, hyphens, capitalization, and punctuation. Illuminating, witty, and incisive, The Truth About English Grammar is a vital book for all who love writing, reading, and thinking about English"-- Dust jacket flap.
List(s) this item appears in: LEARNING ENGLISH | ENGLISH-GRAMMAR | APRENDE Y MEJORA TU INGLÉS
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Book TBS Barcelona P-EN LEARN PUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available B07517

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.

Clauses, sentences, and phrases — Types of words — Clause types — Nouns and their phrases — Determinatives — Verbs — Adjectives — Adverbs — Prepositions — Coordinators, subordinators, and interjections — Content clauses — Tenseless subordinate clauses — Passive clauses — Relative clauses — Mythical grammar errors — Spelling and punctuation — Style.

"Do you worry that your understanding of English grammar isn't what it should be? It may not be your fault. For hundreds of years, vague and confused ideas about how to state the rules have been passed down from one generation to the next. The available books for the general reader - thousands of them, shamelessly plagiarizing each other - repeat the same misguided definitions and generalizations that appeared in the schoolbooks used by your great-great-grandparents. Geoffrey K. Pullum thinks you deserve better. In this book he breaks away from the tradition. Presupposing no prior knowledge or technical terms, he provides an informal introduction to the essential concepts underlying grammar and usage. With his foundation, you will be equipped to understand the classification of words, the structure of phrases and clauses, and why some supposed grammar rules are really just myths. Also covered are some of the key points about spelling, apostrophes, hyphens, capitalization, and punctuation. Illuminating, witty, and incisive, The Truth About English Grammar is a vital book for all who love writing, reading, and thinking about English"-- Dust jacket flap.

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