
- 226 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Essential Grammar for Today's Writers, Students, and Teachers
About this book
This innovative grammar text is an ideal resource for writers, language students, and classroom teachers who need an accessible refresher in a step-by-step guide to essential grammar.
Rather than becoming mired in overly detailed linguistic definitions, Nancy Sullivan helps writers and students understand and apply grammatical concepts and develop the skills they need to enhance their writing. Along with engaging discussions of both contemporary and traditional terminology, Sullivan's text provides clear explanations of the basics of English grammar and a practical, hands-on approach to mastering the use of language. Complementing the focus on constructing excellent sentences, every example and exercise set is contextually grounded in language themes. This updated edition includes new sections in each chapter on Writing Matters (addressing key tools and concerns for writers) and Language Varieties (addressing issues of social and regional dialect variation).
This is an ideal textbook for any writing course across disciplines where grammatical precision is important.
Online resources including additional exercises, links, and an answer key are available at Routledge.com/9780367148683. Instructor materials accompanying the text provide teachers with activities designed for face-to-face, hybrid, and online instruction to enliven these basic grammar lessons as well as writing activities to integrate these concepts into students' own writing.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Commonly Used Abbreviations
- 1 Word Classes
- 2 Extending the Basics
- 3 Sentence Patterns
- 4 Verbals: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
- 5 Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Clauses
- Answers to Exercises
- Glossary
- Index