While reading and writing have been topics of instruction for centuries, what and how students read and write have changed dramatically. Students of the 21st century must respond to messages from television, radio, movies and the Internet as well as traditional print resources. That's why Elements of Language was created.
Reading age for native speakers: Middle School students (7th grade)
This is an indispensable guide to mastering grammar and improving your writing style. Covering every aspect of good writing—from the correct way to use commas to the most persuasive structure for an argument—it gives step-by-step guidance on how to write fluently and convincingly. With helpful tips on avoiding common mistakes and practical sections on writing everything from personal webpages to corporate sales reports, this resource has all you need to make sure you get your message across elegantly and effectively.
Автор, инженер по образованию, предлагает разработанную им систему английских глаголов, по его мнению, облегчающую работу с ними, и позволяющую даже неподготовленному читателю освоить английскую грамматику на уровне ВУЗа. Для студентов и преподавателей институтов иностранных языков, а также для желающих изучить язык самостоятельно. Интересный, нетривиальный подход к изучению грамматики. Если появится желание, отпишитесь в комментариях.
The notion of focus structure underlying the present work is essentially that of Lambrecht (1994), who distinguishes what he calls the predicate focus, argument focus and sentence focus types of focus structure. He illustrates this distinction by the A-utterances in (1), where the word in small capitals is the carrier of the primary sentence accent (see Lambrecht 1994:223): (1) a. predicate focus structure Q:What happened to your car? A: My car/It broke down. b. argument focus structure Q: I heard your motorcycle broke down? A: My car broke down. c. sentence focus structure Q:What happened? A: My car broke down.
