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[2016]
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xii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Whether it's for a professional document, a school paper, an Internet blog, or something more personal, effective communication depends on clear, concise, and grammatically correct writing. Punctuation, spelling, and grammar rules can trip up anyone, while organization and word choice can make writing memorable--or banal. Whether you are writing a term paper, a scientific article, a resume, a business email, a text message, or presenting information...
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What are comparatives and superlatives? After reading this book, you'll have a much clearer idea and will be the best at forming these descriptive words! Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable explain how these forms of adjectives compare nouns, through the cleverest rhymes and illustrations that are sillier than ever. Each comparative or superlative...
3) Nouns
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"This easy reader features and highlights the use of nouns within complete sentences. The title is complete with beautiful, colorful photographs and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Amazon.
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Machen's "New Testament Greek", was by far the most used Greek introductory grammar in the 20th century. First published in 1923, it quickly became the most used grammar in the English speaking world. Many students today still find Machen's presentation of Greek to be the clearest and most helpful. This text reproduces Machen's entire text with a modern typeset and includes a Student's Answer Guide to all chapter exercises. Mechen assumes no prior...
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2020.
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283 pages 22 cm
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"The story of how we got from he and she to zie and hir and singular they. Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns are suddenly sparking debate, prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, even prisons, about what pronouns to use. Colleges ask students to declare their pronouns; corporate conferences print nametags with space for people to add their pronouns; email signatures sport pronouns along with names and titles. Far...
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François Neveu's seminal work, here available in English for the first time, enables the reader to explore the Ramesside age through an understanding of Late Egyptian. This phase corresponds to the language spoken from the 17th to the 24th dynasty, which became a written language--used for private letters, administrative, legal and literary texts, as well as some official inscriptions--during the Amarna period (circa 1364 BC).
The first part of...
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"Ever wonder what "nonbinary" or "gender nonconforming" really means? Why would someone choose to identify that way? And how the heck do you use "they/them" pronouns for a singular person - isn't it supposed to be plural? This charming and disarming guide promises to unpack all these questions and more, with a fun, visual infographic approach"-- Provided by publisher.
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Ever stumble when choosing between "who" and "whom," "affect" and "effect," "lay" and "lie"?
Are you worried that how you speak or write is holding you back at work? Do you fear you're making frequent conversational errors, but just aren't sure what's correct? How you use language tells people a good deal about who you are, how you think, and how you communicate. Making simple errors in written and spoken English can make you seem less sophisticated,...
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"Grasping the intricacies of the English language doesn't need to be tricky, and this down-to-earth guide breaks everything down in ways that make sense--Revealing rules, tips, and tricks to eliminate confusion and gain clarity, English Grammar For Dummies gives you everything you need to communicate with confidence! Good grammar lays the foundation for speaking and writing clearly. This easy-to-follow book will help you become a more articulate,...
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Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestseller
Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using "who" when a "whom" is called for? Do you avoid the words "affect" and "effect" altogether? Grammar Girl is here to help!
Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar-but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. A couple of years ago, she created...
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There are few forms in which so much authority has been invested with so little reflection as the sentence. Though a fundamental unit of discourse, it has rarely been an explicit object of inquiry, often taking a back seat to concepts such as the word, trope, line, or stanza.
To understand what is at stake in thinking-or not thinking-about the sentence, Jan Mieszkowski looks at the difficulties confronting nineteenth- and...
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[2017]
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xvii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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In this book, David Crystal confronts the foe of many : grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking world, grammar disappeared from most school curricula, so terms such as "preposition" and "conjunction" now often confound children and adults alike. In this breezy, entertaining book, Crystal proves that grammar needn't make us uneasy--we can all make sense of how we make sense. -- Provided by publisher.
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A friendly and practical guide for teaching English grammar in the context of real, lived language. As most teachers of English now know, research shows that teaching grammar in the traditional way--through worksheets, memorizing definitions, and diagramming sentences--doesn't work, and that teaching grammar in the context of reading and writing is a better approach. People who understand language can make things happen. That is the point of grammar/language...
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Teacher, researcher, and consultant Amy Benjamin challenges the idea of "skill and drill" grammar in the second edition of this lively, engaging, and immensely practical guide.
Does grammar instruction have to elicit moans and groans from students and teachers alike? Only when it's taught the old-fashioned way: as a series of rules to follow and errors to "fix" that have little or no connection to practical application or real-world writing.
Benjamin's...
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Get good guidance on using English well
English is a hard language to get right. It's all too easy to make simple mistakes, whether writing or speaking-which can land you in embarrassing social situations or even cost you a job. Luckily, Basic English Grammar For Dummies UK Edition is here to help you get to grips with English. Without the complexity of formal grammar and through plenty of examples and brief exercises, it gets you up and running on...
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Generations of students have discovered the enduring pleasures of ancient Greek with this classic text. Supplemented by exercises, readings, and review lessons, it presents concise but thorough coverage of grammatical forms and syntax. Students advance from the simple fundamentals of the alphabet and declensions to the complexities of conditional sentences, and they acquire a Greek vocabulary of more than 600 basic words. Each chapter begins with...
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Build a strong foundation in the basics of English! Here the author links together important concepts by clear explanations, appropriate exercises, and helpful answers. The quickest route to learning a language is through a solid grounding in the basics. So what you won't find in this book is a lot of endless drills. Instead, it features an original, step-by-step approach to learning English based on the way people naturally acquire language. With...
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"How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this original and totally entertaining book written in the same engaging style that illuminated his bestselling classics, The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works, Steven Pinker explores the profound mysteries of language. By picking a deceptively simple phenomenon--regular and irregular verbs--Pinker...





