Philip J. Skerry

The Rules of the Game (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Writing in Standard English

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Rules of the Game is an examination of Standard Written American English (SWAE), which is the dialect of educated people, and an analysis of the characteristics of that dialect. The book explains the special qualities of SWAE and why it frequently presents problems to students as well as to the general public. The book outlines the two key elements of SWAE: it is both rule bound and conservative. These two elements form the basis of the book's main purpose: the examination of the elements of successful SWAE sentences. Once the elements have been presented in detail in the first half of the book, the second half shows how sentences can go wrong by violating the "rules" of SWAE. The Rules of the Game is more than just a grammar book: it presents the rationale for the strict application of grammar rules that characterizes the dialect so that readers come away with an understanding of why this dialect is so challenging. Whether you are a student faced with writing assignments or a worker having to write reports, you will find The Rules of the Game helpful and useful.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475852981
• Artikelnr.: 57517439

Autorenporträt

Philip J. Skerry, PhD, is Emeritus Professor at Lakeland Community College, where he taught English and Film classes for over forty years. Dr. Skerry has written several books on Alfred Hitchcock and is the author of the Rowman and Littlefield book, The Rules of The Game: A Guide to Writing in Standard English (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: What is Standard Written American English (SWAE)?
Introduction: Why Writers Have Difficulty with SWAE.
Part I
Chapter One: The Acronym SWAE
Chapter Two: Two Major Characteristics of SWAE
Chapter Three: Elements of SWAE: The Clause
Chapter Four: Elements of SWAE: The Phrase
Chapter Five: Classifying Clauses
Chapter Six: The Flexible Clause
Chapter Seven: Verbal Phrases
Chapter Eight: Sentence Patterns
Chapter Nine: Additional Clause Patterns
Chapter Ten: The Flexible Phrase
Part II
Chapter Eleven: The Big Three
Chapter Twelve: Agreement I: Subjects and Verbs
Chapter Thirteen: Agreement II: Pronouns
Chapter Fourteen: Additional Pronoun Problems
Chapter Fifteen: Modification
Chapter Sixteen: Punctuation
Chapter Seventeen: "Form is the Shape of Content"
Epilogue: Consummatum Est
Notes
Bibliography
Author Biography