Grammar
2nd Edition
Published on 1. March 2010
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978-0-335-24087-6 (ISBN)
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Description
- Do you feel that your writing lets you down?
- Do you feel that your writing lets you down?
- Are you concerned about how to punctuate properly?
- Do you have problems turning your thoughts into
writing?
- Do you need some help with referencing?,/ul>
If so, then this book will help you to address your concerns and feel more confident about your writing skills!
This book introduces grammar in a gentle way by illustrating the kinds of issues students may come across by setting them in context using a soap opera style script. Through a combination of the stories of the students and carefully constructed chapters, the book provides details on the essential aspects of grammar, language use and punctuation needed by all university students. There are also exercises to encourage the reader to relate the issues to their own practice and experiences, as well as an extensive glossary which defines the terms that are used throughout the book.
This new edition is completely revised and updated with a new structure covering:
- Academic language
- Standard English
- Sentence construction and punctuation
- Reflective writing
- When and where to place an apostrophe
- Using grammar checkers
- Avoiding plagiarism,
Grammar: A Friendly Approach is an irreverent look at the rules of grammar that has become well-loved by students at college and university. It is also recommended by teachers and tutors who see rapid and noticeable improvements in the written work of those who employ the author's tactics.
- Do you feel that your writing lets you down?
- Are you concerned about how to punctuate properly?
- Do you have problems turning your thoughts into
writing?
- Do you need some help with referencing?,/ul>
If so, then this book will help you to address your concerns and feel more confident about your writing skills!
This book introduces grammar in a gentle way by illustrating the kinds of issues students may come across by setting them in context using a soap opera style script. Through a combination of the stories of the students and carefully constructed chapters, the book provides details on the essential aspects of grammar, language use and punctuation needed by all university students. There are also exercises to encourage the reader to relate the issues to their own practice and experiences, as well as an extensive glossary which defines the terms that are used throughout the book.
This new edition is completely revised and updated with a new structure covering:
- Academic language
- Standard English
- Sentence construction and punctuation
- Reflective writing
- When and where to place an apostrophe
- Using grammar checkers
- Avoiding plagiarism,
Grammar: A Friendly Approach is an irreverent look at the rules of grammar that has become well-loved by students at college and university. It is also recommended by teachers and tutors who see rapid and noticeable improvements in the written work of those who employ the author's tactics.
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Person
Christine Sinclair is a lecturer in the Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement at the University of Strathclyde, UK. She is also author of Understanding University (Open University Press, 2006).
Content
A soap opera in a grammar book
Questions about grammar
How the book is structured
How to annoy teachers and professors
What students worry about
Comments on Question
Conclusion: general advice about grammar and language
Bad language
Trying to be posh
Questions about language
Idioms - how words are usually used
Easily confused words
Going through a bad spell
Singulars and plurals
Formal doesn't have to mean pompous
What are you trying to say?
The author, one or I?
It's, like, a figure of speech
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about word choice
Standard Practice
Why can't I use my own language?
Questions about 'correct' English
Standard English - do we need it?
Examples of uses that are not standard
Spoken and written English
Academic English
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about dialects and Standard English
Who or what is the subject?
A favourite subject - 'I'
Questions about subjects of sentences
Simple and compound subjects
When subjects move around
Subject closed
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about sentences and subjects
Where's the action? The verb
Doing, being and happening
Questions about verbs
Mangling and dangling participles
Getting tense with verbs
My past, present and future
Facts and possibilities
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about verbs
The complete sentence
Can students write in sentences?
Questions about sentences
The sentence as a unit of thought or grammatical structure
The sentence and punctuation
Sentences and paragraphs
Breaking up is hard to do
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about sentences
What goes wrong with sentences?
Too much or too little
Questions about sentence errors
How to avoid running sentences together
How to avoid chopping sentences in two
Sentenced to death!
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about fixing sentences
Speaking personally
Having a voice
Questions about personal expression
Reasons for using the passive
When passives get awkward
When people get awkward
Expressing an opinion without saying 'I'
Bring me back - reflective writing
Reflections on what's going wrong
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about the passive voice
More on complex sentences: relationships and relatives
Talking about relatives
Questions about relationships and clauses
Words expressing relationship
Revisiting the subordinates
Relative clauses - defining and describing a brother
Every which way but that
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about relative clauses
How to be offensive with punctuation
Define without using commas
Questions about punctuation
The functions of punctuation marks
Putting punctuation to work
Punctuation within words
A dodgy colon and a full stop
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about punctuation
That pesky apostrophe
Getting possessive and going missing
Questions about apostrophes
What's happening to the apostrophe?
How to use an apostrophe to show possession
Hold the apostrophe!
That Lynne Truss has a lot to answer for!
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about apostrophes
Checking the checker
A house of correction
Questions about grammar checkers
Pitfalls with grammar checkers
How to use a grammar checker knowledgeably
What happens next?
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about grammar checkers
Quote/unquote - avoiding plagiarism
Credit where it's due
Questions about referencing
Grammar and punctuation in referenc
Questions about grammar
How the book is structured
How to annoy teachers and professors
What students worry about
Comments on Question
Conclusion: general advice about grammar and language
Bad language
Trying to be posh
Questions about language
Idioms - how words are usually used
Easily confused words
Going through a bad spell
Singulars and plurals
Formal doesn't have to mean pompous
What are you trying to say?
The author, one or I?
It's, like, a figure of speech
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about word choice
Standard Practice
Why can't I use my own language?
Questions about 'correct' English
Standard English - do we need it?
Examples of uses that are not standard
Spoken and written English
Academic English
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about dialects and Standard English
Who or what is the subject?
A favourite subject - 'I'
Questions about subjects of sentences
Simple and compound subjects
When subjects move around
Subject closed
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about sentences and subjects
Where's the action? The verb
Doing, being and happening
Questions about verbs
Mangling and dangling participles
Getting tense with verbs
My past, present and future
Facts and possibilities
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about verbs
The complete sentence
Can students write in sentences?
Questions about sentences
The sentence as a unit of thought or grammatical structure
The sentence and punctuation
Sentences and paragraphs
Breaking up is hard to do
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about sentences
What goes wrong with sentences?
Too much or too little
Questions about sentence errors
How to avoid running sentences together
How to avoid chopping sentences in two
Sentenced to death!
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about fixing sentences
Speaking personally
Having a voice
Questions about personal expression
Reasons for using the passive
When passives get awkward
When people get awkward
Expressing an opinion without saying 'I'
Bring me back - reflective writing
Reflections on what's going wrong
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about the passive voice
More on complex sentences: relationships and relatives
Talking about relatives
Questions about relationships and clauses
Words expressing relationship
Revisiting the subordinates
Relative clauses - defining and describing a brother
Every which way but that
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about relative clauses
How to be offensive with punctuation
Define without using commas
Questions about punctuation
The functions of punctuation marks
Putting punctuation to work
Punctuation within words
A dodgy colon and a full stop
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about punctuation
That pesky apostrophe
Getting possessive and going missing
Questions about apostrophes
What's happening to the apostrophe?
How to use an apostrophe to show possession
Hold the apostrophe!
That Lynne Truss has a lot to answer for!
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about apostrophes
Checking the checker
A house of correction
Questions about grammar checkers
Pitfalls with grammar checkers
How to use a grammar checker knowledgeably
What happens next?
Comments on questions
Conclusion: advice about grammar checkers
Quote/unquote - avoiding plagiarism
Credit where it's due
Questions about referencing
Grammar and punctuation in referenc