Geoffrey K. Pullum

The Truth About English Grammar (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509560554
• Artikelnr.: 73727489

Autorenporträt

Geoff Pullum is the author of Linguistics: Why It Matters. He has taught linguistics and English grammar for decades on both sides of the Atlantic, and is a coauthor (with Rodney Huddleston) of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. In addition to many academic articles and books, he has published satirical and humorous writing on language and linguistics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Notation Guide
1 Introduction
2 Clauses, sentences, and phrases
3 Types of words
4 Types of clause
5 Nouns and their phrases
6 Determinatives
7 Verbs
8 Adjectives
9 Adverbs
10 Prepositions
11 Coordinators
12 Subordinators
13 Interjections
14 Content clauses
15 Tenseless subordinate clauses
16 Passive clauses
17 Relative clauses
18 Mythical grammar errors
19 Spelling and punctuation
20 Style
Further Reading
Glossary
Index