There is a big difference between understanding the grammar
of a language and being able to speak that language well. You don’t need to
understand how a car engine works in order to drive a car.And you don’t need to
understand grammar to speak a language.
Knowing grammar will, however, perhaps give you more
confidence to speak, as you will be less afraid of making mistakes. Almost
every grammar rule has an exception, so the best way to improve your English is
to practise as much as you can.
Winners' Guide to GMAT Grammar and Sentence CorrectionThis Grammar book gives you a thorough yet concise background of English grammar that you need to succeed in the GMAT Sentence Correction Section.
A student introduction to descriptive linguistics, Describing Language is essentially practical in its orientation. It is useful for anyone who wishes to refer to technical literature involving linguistic description, who requires a basic conceptual framework and technical vocabulary with which to discuss language, and who needs to make elementary but principled descriptions and analyses of real data (such as classroom interaction or counselling sessions). Topics covered include phonetics, prosody, word structure, syntax, text and discourse structure, word and utterance meaning, and non-verbal behaviour.
Includes an accessible introduction to both Chomsky's Universal Grammar and Halliday's Systemic Grammar. It is an invaluable textbook for students across the social sciences.
This series provides for the sequential development of grammar and punctuation skills. This volume of Grammar and Punctuation presents 25 rule charts, each followed by three activity sheets for practicing the rule.
Grammar and Punctuation, Grade 3 provides rule charts and practice pages for these grammar and punctuation skills:
* parts of a sentence * kinds of sentences * conjunctions * common & proper nouns * singular, plural, & possessive nouns * pronouns & possessive pronouns * verbs * subject-verb agreement * present & past verb tenses...
This series provides for the sequential development of grammar and
punctuation skills. This volume of Grammar and Punctuation presents 25
rule charts, each followed by three activity sheets for practicing the
rule. Grammar and Punctuation, Grade 2 provides rule charts and practice pages for these grammar and punctuation skills:
sentences and sentence punctuation
capitalizing proper nouns
nouns
verbs
adjectives
compound words
contractions
using I, me, we, us, they, and them correctly
plurals and irregular plurals
commas in lists, dates, and addresses
possessive nouns
past tense
spelling changes when adding endings
comparative and superlative
