The Best Little Grammar Collection Ever! - Softcover

Miller, Arlene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998416533 ISBN 13: 9780998416533

Publisher: bigwords101, 2018

Synopsis

The Best Little Grammar Collection Ever! combines three of The Grammar Diva's books to create a complete grammar reference: 1) The Best Little Grammar Book Ever! is used by many schools and colleges. It is an easy-to-use grammar and punctuation guide that includes a writing lesson and a complete index. It also contains lists of commonly misspelled and mispronounced words and a glossary of grammar terminology. Contents include the parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, dead words to avoid, double negatives, unclear pronouns and antecedents, agreement, comparison, misplaced modifiers, possessives, verb tense, irregular verbs, parallel structure, formatting lists, restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses, linking verbs, capitalizing titles, spelling out numbers, fragments and run ons, using jargon and slang. 2) The Best Little Grammar Workbook Ever! takes the information in the reference book and puts it into workbook format with over 100 exercises and quizzes, and a complete answer key in the back. Measure your growth with a comprehensive pretest and a final test. 3) Does Your Flamingo Flamenco? contains over 250 confusing word pairs, word groups, and idioms that challenge us all, for example, affect/effect, lay/lie, principal/principle, who/which/that, buck naked/butt naked. Information is presented in alphabetical order for ease of use. The Best Little Grammar Collection Ever! is Intended for ages 10 to 110 and should be on everyone's bookshelf!

About this title

About the Author

Arlene Miller, also known as The Grammar Diva, is the author of ten grammar books, a self-publishing book, and a novel. Arlene's easy-to-use and friendly grammar books clear up common grammar issues and are used by many schools and colleges. In addition to writing books, she writes a weekly blog post about grammar and words. She also copyedits both fiction and nonfiction and offers grammar and business-writing presentations and workshops. She previously worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, a technical writer and editor, and an English teacher. She has been a featured speaker at many California Writing Club chapters (Redwood Writers, Napa Writers, South Bay Writers, Mt. Diablo Writers, Fremont Writers), Sonoma County Book Festival, Bay Area Independent Publishing Association (BAIPA), Sonoma County Library, Romance Writers of America, College of Marin, Copperfield's bookstore, and several Rotary and other community groups. She has taught grammar classes at several colleges. Arlene is a member of Redwood Writers, Independent Book Publishers Association, and Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. She holds a bachelor's degree in Print Media and English, a master's degree in Humanities, and California teaching and school administration credentials.

Review

"I love grammar, and I am always learning from Arlene!" - Marcy Carriker Smothers, author of Eat Like Walt: The Wonderful World of Disney Food and Snacks: Adventures in Food, Aisle by Aisle.

"Anyone who loves the English language will benefit from Arlene Miller's excellent book on grammar. She is precise, concise, and orderly in her presentation of the practical word and grammar usage issues that we face in everyday life. She offers clarity to replace confusion."  - Lee Foster, author of 18 books at Fostertravel.com, Foster Travel Publishing.

"Even those of us who pride ourselves our our knowledge of the English language sometimes need to consult the experts. Arlene Miller, known as The Grammar Diva, is the best kind of expert: authoritative but also approachable and conversational. Her new collection puts together three essential titles that will help you avoid grammar gaffes that could sink your proposal or cost you a job or a reader." - Audrey Kalman, editor, novelist, and author of What Remains Unsaid.

Edition details

• Publisher: bigwords101
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0998416533
• ISBN 13: 9780998416533
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 386