Grammar Essentials For Dummies.

2019. — 195 p.

For students competing for the decreasing pool of college scholarships, writing a stellar entrance essay can make all the difference. With discrete explanations of vital grammar rules, common usage errors, and the other key concepts people need to refer to most often, Grammar Essentials For Dummies provides crucial information to help students communicate accurately and effectively. This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need to review critical grammar concepts as they help students with homework assignments or college entrance essays, as well as for adult learners headed back into the classroom and people learning English as a next language.

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Contents at a Glance
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1: Grasping Grammar Nitty-Gritty 5
CHAPTER 2: Making Peace between Subjects and Verbs 13
CHAPTER з: Perfecting Your Pronoun Usage 33
CHAPTER 4: Constructing a Complete Sentence 45
CHAPTERS: Drawing Parallels (Without the Lines) 65
CHAPTER 6: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons 75
CHAPTER 7: Polishing Your Punctuation 93
CHAPTER 8: Capitalizing Correctly 117
CHAPTER 9: Choosing the Right Words 127
CHAPTER Ю: Tackling Other Troublemakers 139
CHAPTER 11: Improving Your Writing 149
CHAPTER 12: Ten Ways to Improve Your Grammar Every Day 165
Index 171

Though you may aspire to be something other than a grammarian, knowing how to use proper grammar is always an advantage — especially in the workplace. Most jobs that provide you with a desk (and many jobs that don't!) demand that you know how to communicate in both speech and writing.
If you haven't yet reached the workplace, now's the best time to master good grammar. No matter what subject you're studying, teachers favor proper English. Also, the SAT includes a writing section that's heavy on grammar and, ironically, light on writing.
In this book, I show you the tricks of the grammar trade, the strategies that help you make the right decision when you're facing such grammatical dilemmas as the choice between I and me or was and were. I explain what you need to do in such situations, and I also tell you why a particular word is correct or incorrect. You don't have to memorize a list of meaningless rules (with the exception of some points from the punctuation chapter) because when you understand the reason for a particular choice, you'll pick the correct word automatically.

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