This is the teacher's edition to the highly visual grammar, usage, and mechanics handbook. Students will find Grammar for Writing an inviting approach to traditional grammar instruction.
The Advanced Grammar Book, 2/E is intended for the high level ESL student who has a solid foundation in the fundamentals of English grammar. This text provides the student with a sophisticated analysis of the grammatical structures of English and ample opportunity to practice using them, with the objective of increasing the student's competence in both conversational and written English. The text is designed for both pre-university and nonacademic students and includes a variety of exercises to develop oral and written competence, allowing the instructor to select those exercises that best suit the needs of the particular class.
I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction?
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Grammar, Kids | 8 January 2011
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What's a Contraction? You'll find the answer inside this book, it's brimming with contractions! Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes and Brian Gable's humorous illustrations don't shy away from creatively clarifying the concept of contractions. For easy identification, we've printed the contractions in color. You won't want to miss the comical cats that reinforce each idea. I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction? turns traditional grammar lesson on end. Read this book aloud and share in the delight of the sense and nonsense of words.
This book is an indispensable companion for all who care about saying what they mean and meaning what they say. It is a sophisticated guide to the conquest of jargon, clumsy locutions, tired words and phrases, and hackneyed cliches. This zesty work on good and bad usage is a needed corrective to the misuse and abuse of language. It includes hundreds of examples of the faddish and the too familiar, and offers wise and often witty counsel on how to use the English language with freshness, vigor, clarity, and confidence. Entries include Back Formations, Barnyard Metaphors, Crackerbarrel Terms, Drone Words, Dumbstruck Expressions, Fossil Phrases, Null Sounds, Toy Words, Tranquilizer Cliches.