Gwynne N.M. Gwynne’s Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English

Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. — 118 p. — ISBN: 978-0-385-35294-9.Anxious about apostrophes?In a pickle over your pronouns and prepositions?Fear not — Mr. Gwynne is here with his wonderfully concise and highly enjoyable book of grammar.Within these pages, adults and children alike will find all they need to rediscover this lost science and sharpen up their skills.Mr. Gwynne believes that happiness depends at least partly on good grammar — and Mr. Gwynne is never wrong.Gwynne’s Grammar
This Is a Serious Business
A Note of Encouragement
Further Encouragement
Does Prescriptiveness Really Belong to Grammar?
Still Introductory
Parts of Speech
The Most Important Syntax Basics
Punctuation
Putting What Is Being Learnt into Practice
The Grammar of Verse-Writing
Strunk on Style
Introductory
Elementary Rules of Usage
Elementary Principles of Composition
A Few Matters of Form
Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
Appendices: Some Useful Lists
Inventory of Definitions of Grammatical Terms
The Irregular Verbs
Special Prepositions Needed by Particular Words
The Formation of Plurals