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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459446703321

Autore

Sinclair Christine

Titolo

Grammar [[electronic resource] ] : a friendly approach / / Christine Sinclair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkshire, England ; ; New York, N.Y., : McGraw-Hill, : Open University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-33880-7

9786613338808

0-335-24087-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

425

428.2

Soggetti

English language - Grammar

English language - Usage

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Introduction to the second edition; 1 Introduction; 2 Bad language; 3 Standard practice; 4 Who or what is the subject?; 5 Where's the action? The verb; 6 The complete sentence; 7 What goes wrong with sentences?; 8 Speaking personally; 9 More on complex sentences: relationships and relatives; 10 How to be offensive with punctuation; 11 That pesky apostrophe; 12 Checking the checker; 13 Quote/unquote - avoiding plagiarism; 14 The machine's out to get us; 15 Finale; 16 Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

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.