Woods Geraldine. English Grammar For Dummies

2nd edition. — John Wiley & Sons, 2010. — 384 p.Enhancing your speaking and writing skills helps in everyday situations, such as writing a paper for school, giving a presentation to a company's bigwigs, or communicating effectively with family and friends. English Grammar For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you the latest techniques for improving your efficiency with English grammar and punctuation.Teaches the rules of verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; prepositions, propositions, and pronoun pronouncements; punctuation; possessives; and proofreading skills for all communication.Geraldine Woods is the author of English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, College Admission Essays For Dummies, Research Papers For Dummies, SAT I For Dummies, 6th Edition, AP English Literature For Dummies, and AP English Language For Dummies.
For speakers and writers of all skill levels, English Grammar For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides easy-to-follow, practical information for improving your command of English gram.Getting Down to Basics:
The Parts of the Sentence
I Already Know How to Talk. Why Should I Study Grammar?
Verbs: The Heart of the Sentence
Relax! Understanding Verb Tense
Who’s Doing What? How to Find the Subject
Having It All: The Complete Sentence
Handling Complements
Avoiding Common Errors
Do You Feel Bad or Badly? The Lowdown
on Adjectives and Adverbs
Small Words, Big Trouble: Prepositions
Everyone Brought Their Homework: Pronoun Errors
Just Nod Your Head: About Agreement
No Garage, but Plenty of Mechanics
Punctuation Law That Should Be Repealed: Apostrophes
Quotations: More Rules Than the Internal Revenue Service
The Pause That Refreshes: Commas
Useful Little Marks: Dashes, Hyphens, and Colons
CAPITAL LETTERS
New Media, New Grammar Rules
Polishing Without Wax — The Finer Points of Grammar
Pronouns and Their Cases
Fine-Tuning Verbs
Saying What You Want to Say: Descriptive Words and Phrases
Good, Better, Best: Comparisons
Parallels Without the Lines
Rules Even Your Great-Aunt’s
Grammar Teacher Didn’t Know
The Last Word on Verbs
The Last Word on Pronouns
The Last Word on Sentence Structure
The Part of Tens
Ten Ways Two to Improve Your Proofreading
Ten Ways to Learn Better Grammar