English is full of beauty and surprises, yet despite being the lingua franca of the globalization world, it has a reputation for being difficult to learn because its grammar has also so many quirks and contradictions.
Did you know:
- "Terry loves yogurt" is an example of illeism
- preposition stranding is a bogus rule
- sometimes it's acceptable to begin a sentence with "but" or "and"
- "Could you pass the salt?" is "whimperative"
- it's OK to boldly split infinitives
Many of us don't even know the basics, so not only does Grammar Geek reveal obscure grammar rules and bogus ones you can safely ignore, it's also a handy primer, so in the future you'll have no excuse for dangling a modifier or misplacing a semicolon.
| ISBN: | 9781788402002 |
| Publication date: | 3rd October 2019 |
| Author: | Michael Powell |
| Publisher: | Cassell an imprint of Octopus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Genres: |
Usage and grammar guides Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation Writing and editing guides Grammar, syntax and morphology |