The importance of the spoken and written word in Christian culture cannot be overestimated. In this English grammar guide, Nancy Wilson surveys the major concepts in English grammar for beginners at the late elementary and junior high level (even adults seeking a brush-up). Wilson avoids common, contrived sentences that serve merely to illustrate her point; instead, she uses many selections from Scripture and from great English writers which help to instruct the student through their content, style, and structure. In addition to a helpful format that highlights key definitions, punctuation issues, and important concepts, short historical sidebars tell the facinating story of the development of English. She continues the traditional and challenging exercise of sentence diagramming, which trains students to quickly ananlyze the structure of any given sentence. The grammatical explanations, the logic of diagrams, and the rhetoric of her examples blend with complementary emphases to create a helpful classical and Christian text.
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
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Not What I Expected but still a Good Reference Book,
This review is from: Our Mother Tongue: An Introductory Guide to English Grammar (Paperback)
This book is very similiar in nature to First Language Lessons for the Well Trained Mind but adds a religious twist. It starts by devoting a section to learning the 8 parts of speech and goes on in later pages to tell about clauses, phrases and concludes with a glossary. I like the word origin part that tells how the English language came to be.
There are a few assignments for each section which is why I give it 4 stars. I would say that this is more a reference with a few assignments thrown in for practice. If you are looking for a complete solution for a school year, look further like maybe Complete Book of Grammar & Punctuation from the complete book series. If you are on the other hand looking for reference material to teach lanaguage arts then this is an excellent choice.
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just what we needed, but one caution,
This review is from: Our Mother Tongue: An Introductory Guide to English Grammar (Paperback)
This is a great book and we highly recommend it but it has an answer key that is not included. We had to order the answer key from the publisher.
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An Alternative to Grammar Workbooks,
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"Our Mother Tongue" is an excellent refresher for older students who already have a solid background in grammar. The exercises are brief, just long enough to remind students of what they already know. In addition to covering all of the basics of grammar, "Our Mother Tongue" also includes interesting sidebars about the history of the English language. The book does not cover composition, and punctuation is addressed only in an appendix to the book.
As much as I like "Our Mother Tongue," I would not recommend this book for students who do not already have a good foundation in grammar. Each lesson, while short, covers a lot of material. Students without a solid grammar foundation will need a slower-paced text with more practice exercises.
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Although the English language has many words, there are only eight different classes or kinds of words. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
punctuation note, adjective clause, predicate nominative, adverb clause, linking verb, perfect progressive, adverb phrase, helping verb, predicate adjective, participial phrase, possessive case, noun clause Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Singular Plural, The Subject Modified, King Alfred, Norman Conquest, Participle Past Participle, Moby Dick New!
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- Oxford Fowler's Modern English Usage Dictionary by H. W. Fowler in Front Matter, page 170, and Back Matter
- The Story of English by Robert, Cran, William, MacNeil, Robert McCrum in Front Matter
- An Elementary Middle English Grammar by Joseph Wright on page 142
- The Story of a Bad Boy (Hardscrabble Books-Fiction of New England) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich on page 27
- The Ugly Duckling by H. C. Andersen on page 109
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