Teach Yourself Grammar: A Clear and Concise Guide with Practice Problems - Softcover

Battles PhD, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998426210 ISBN 13: 9780998426211

Publisher: Pandion Press, 2016

Synopsis

Would you like to learn grammar, but find the usual explanations confusing? Then you’re in good company!Most of the grammatical rules taught in school are vague, misleading, and difficult to apply. They also ignore more than forty years of research in linguistics, which has brought great advances in our understanding of grammar. Unfortunately, these findings rarely make their way out of graduate seminars in linguistics.Teach Yourself Grammar remedies this situation, explaining what we know about grammar in a way that’s easy to understand and remember. You won’t just learn a bunch of rules — you’ll understand the underlying principles, and why some rules do (or don’t) work.Divided into short chapters that can be read in a single sitting, and which contain key terms, review questions, practice problems, and unit reviews, Teach Yourself Grammar is ideal for self-study, home schooling, or tutoring. The book was originally written for the author’s son, then a sophomore struggling with grammar lessons in high school.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Battles is Professor of English and former director of the Writing Center at Hanover College. He has taught courses in grammar at the graduate and undergraduate level for twenty years. He also consults as Curriculum Advisor for the AP English Literature and Composition program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pandion Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0998426210
• ISBN 13: 9780998426211
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 230