It is usually more effective to look at examples of English rather than to read statements about it. The explanations of grammar in this book are descriptions of how English works; they are a guide to help you understand, not 'rules' to be memorized. The important thing is the language itself. If you are learning about the present perfect continuous, for example, it is helpful to memorize a sen…
Grammar Practice for Upper Intermediate Students gives thorough explanations of all the main areas of English grammar and provides exercises for you to do. This book can be used in class with help from your teacher or at home as a selfstudy book. If you are using the book by yourself, use the Index and the Contents list to find the area that you want to study, read the grammatical explanation …
Fundamentals of English Grammar is a developmental skills text for lower-intermediate and intermediate students of English as a second or foreign language. It combines clear and understandable grammar information with a variety of exercises and activities. Fundamentals of English Grammar is the second in a series of three texts: Basic English Grammar (red cover), Fundamental of English Grammar …
Ourgoal in thisbook is tohelpyoulearnaboutEnglishgrammarin as simple and straightforward a way as possible. The book was inspired by our students, most of whom panic when we say words like adjective, subject, and passive. We believe that panic will be replaced by knowledge and con¢dence as readers work their way through this userfriendly book. Who is this book for? It’s for anyone who…
Thi s groundbreaking undergraduate textbook on modem Standard English grammar is the first to be based on the revolutionary advances of the authors' previous work, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002), winner of the 2004 Leonard Bloomfield Book Award of the Linguistic Society of America. The analyses defended there are outlined here more briefly, in an engagingly accessible and …