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• Amazon Sales Rank: #624372 in Books
• Binding: Paperback
• 1 pages

Customer Reviews

Informative, yet entertaining
Truly, I'm not a complete idiot when it comes to grammar. But the English language is so screwed up that even experts admit to having trouble with it. This book will help explain some of the more problematic parts of grammar while keeping you entertained. I've read dozens of books on grammar, but they were all very dry and confusing. This is the first one that makes it all seem so simple. The author gives hints for remembering the rules about many of the more confusing elements of our language--like who/whom--which makes this book even more valuable. Through exercises and interesting sidenotes and facts, you'll learn spelling tricks, the correct uses for colons and semicolons, when to use 'lay' and when to use 'lie,' and gobs of other things. Confused about predicates and prepositions? No problem. This book explains it. Need help with cover letters or memos? Bingo--this book will assist. It's a wonderful book and one I can't live without. The best grammar book I own.

Laurie Rocks!
This book is great. It has all the content of a dried-up grammar reference text, and NONE of the pain. Laurie is funny, direct, and great at communicating the relationship between grammatical functions and the purpose of writing.

This text can be used as a regular reference to check your work, or you can read it straight through. (Let's see someone say that about Scott Foresman!) Thanks, Dr. Rozakis.

Informal and General Approach
The subject of grammar is one that always had me cringing fairly quickly in English and Journalism classes I had in grammar school and again in high school. This is material that more often than not comes off as very dry. And yet grammar is very important in producing clear, concise and quality writing. This book goes a long way in demystifying and explaining the basics of grammar. And it does it in an informal way that makes it easier to grasp all the important concepts of grammar and style.

Every grammatical article, be it noun, verb, dangling participle, or adverb is covered here. Starting off with a basic over view of grammar in the first few chapters, the book then goes on to discuss parts of speech, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, prepositional phrases, clauses, even chapters on proper punctuation and spelling. It does all this in a way that keeps your attention. If only my English teachers way back when could have kept this material interesting.

There's even a section near the book's end about business writing, be it cover letters, resumes, memos or email. This proves how important good clear writing is in the business world as well as everywhere else. And also, this is a book you can refer back to when faced with a "grammar question," since it's also a good "grammar reference" book. If you do a lot of writing, either for business or pleasure this is an excellent book to have around.