Master the essentials of the English language and write with greater confidence.
Preface to the Third Edition Do you have trouble with punctuation? Are you frustrated when you can’t remember whether to use a comma or a full stop? Do you have difficulty constructing a sentence that sounds right? If so, then this book should help you. Written in an easy-to-read style, it takes you through the basics of English grammar. It explains the various parts of speech showing what role they each play in a sentence. It shows you how to improve your writing by choosing the right words and varying your sentence structure. The use of the various punctuation marks is explained and examples given. After reading this book, you will never again use a comma instead of a full stop! There is a chapter on the use of apostrophes. You are shown how to write dialogue and even how to set out a play. There is a chapter on avoiding the most common mistakes. At the end of each chapter there are exercises which will help to reinforce what you have learnt. Written in a simple style with frequent headings, this book is for anyone – of any age – who wishes to improve the standard of his or her English. Marion Field
Oh God... this book was like a combination of grammar textbooks given to us in different standards in my school with some next-level stuff thrown in. There were a couple things I really liked, and I have noted them down for future references. But other than that, the book was very boring. Very school language-ish...
For students who want to learn the basic elements of grammar, go for it. But the punctuation bit lacked some more details. It isn't a bad book, it just isn't like some good ones I've read before this.