Painless Grammar (Painless Series) (Paperback)

by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D. (Author)
Key Phrases: lady bird, swim team last year, wacky words, North Carolina, Caution-Major Mistake Territory, New York (more...)

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Product Description
This very approachable text combines instruction in parts of speech and sentence structure with down-to-earth examples, funny illustrations, and examination of some of the more amusing and peculiar words in the English language. A chapter on clear e-mail communication and etiquette is brand new in this edition, as are many of the author’s challenging “Brain Ticklers.” Her helpful chapter on how to edit a school paper has also been heavily revised and updated.

Barron’s popular Painless Series of study guides for middle school and high school students offer a lighthearted, often humorous approach to their subjects, transforming details that might once have seemed boring or difficult into a series of interesting and mentally challenging ideas. Most titles in the series feature many fun-to-solve “Brain Tickler” problems with answers at the end of each chapter.

From the Back Cover
(back cover)
PAINLESS
Grammar
Second Edition

Really. This isn’t going to hurt at all . . .

If you’ve hated every grammar book you’ve ever had to open, get ready for a pleasant surprise! This book mixes parts of speech and punctuation rules with large portions of humor, down-to-earth examples of correct usage, and funny cartoon illustrations. As you learn painlessly about how to make a verb agree with its subject, or a pronoun with its antecedent, you’ll look at some of the wackier words in the English language and see how they are often misused. This new edition also gives you some handy tips on sending e-mail messages to your friends.

For Middle School and High School Students

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 2 edition (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764134361
• ISBN-13: 978-0764134364
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,435 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This item is part of The Painless Series.

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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good User-Friendly Reference Book, June 17, 2002

By	D. Martin (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Barron's Painless Grammar (Barron's Painless Series) (Paperback)

What I like about this book is it's easy to use. When you need help with grammar just look it up in the handy index. Yes this is a book on "basic" grammar, but isn't that what troubles the average Joe/Jane Blow in his or her everyday writing.

The beauty of this book is its simplicity. Adults can benefit from Dr. Elliot's humorous approach used to keep eigth graders from falling asleep between reading about nouns and verbs.

The best way to describe this book is it's a kids version of Strunk and Whites, "Elements of Style."

39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Grammar Check, May 7, 2005

By	Ted "psychomother" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barron's Painless Grammar (Barron's Painless Series) (Paperback)

I originally bought this book for my grade school age son. Months later, I began to write a series of fictional accounts of various things. This small book has been at my side constantly. It is an easy to use, well referenced little wonder of a tomb. I find the multiple examples helpful. It does the basic brush of grammar quite painlessly, as advertised. I am a college educated woman with more than eight years of post-graduate education. Yes, I have purchased a second copy for my son. He's not getting mine!

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nonintimidating grammar book!, October 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Barron's Painless Grammar (Barron's Painless Series) (Paperback)

If there is a way to make grammar painless, Dr. Elliott has done it. This book is delightful. My teenagers aren't even intimidated by fact it is a grammar book. It stays by our computer for every writing project, even mine.