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English Grammar For Dummies 2nd Edition, Kindle Edition

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The fun and easy way to improve your grammar

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 grammar.

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978-0470546642
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2nd
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For Dummies
Publication date

2010
January 21
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Learn to:

Get down to basics with the rules of English grammar
Improve your writing and verbal communication skills
Brush up on your proofreading abilities
Improve your grades and/or test scores

The fun and easy way^® to improve your grammar

Do the parts of speech render you speechless? Does the thought of diagramming sentences make you sweat? Fear not! English Grammar For Dummies, 2nd Edition takes the "grr" out of grammar and gives you fun, easy-to-follow strategies for understanding the rules of grammar and punctuation to improve your speaking and writing skills without ever diagramming a single sentence!

Quoting the experts learn when to use single quotation marks, double quotation marks, or no quotation marks at all
Avoid common errors and mistakes discover the mismatches between singular and plural words and pronoun gender
Today's technology brush up on the proper way to compose emails, texts, and presentations and get the latest grammar do's and don'ts for blogging, texting, and IMing
Periods, commas, and colons, oh my! use a little "comma sense" to make sure your writing is always punctuated properly
Capitalize on the situation understand what words and phrases are capitalized and which are lowercased
Rules even your grammar teacher didn't know find out how to avoid double-negative errors and get the last word on the dreaded who/whom debate

Open the book and find:

The building blocks of a sentence
The rules of verbs and prepositions
Tips to improve speaking and writing skills
The latest techniques for improving your command of grammar
Updated examples and references
Ways to improve your proofreading
Help for speakers or writers of any skill level

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About the Author

Geraldine Woods teaches English and directs the independent study program at a high school for gifted students. She has more than 35 years of teaching experience and is the author of more than 40 books, including English Grammar Workbook For Dummies.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00362XKZ6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies; 2nd edition (January 21, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 21, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2219 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 518 pages

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Geraldine Woods has taught and tutored every level of English from 5th grade through adult writing classes for more than four decades. She makes snarky comments on grammar and usage in her blog, www.grammarianinthecity.com. She is the author of more than 50 books, including 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way and Sentence. A Period-to-Period Guide to Building Better Readers and Writers (WW Norton). She's written many Dummies books, including Basic English Grammar for Dummies, English Grammar for Dummies, and English Grammar Workbook for Dummies. She loves her family, the Yankees, and New York City.

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G. Wright

Thank you Ms. Woods, both insightful and entertaining. A huge help toward my efforts.

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2015

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This book was a huge help in untangling the maze of English grammar for me. It's not as dry as most grammar books, which helps a lot. However,there were times when the humor obstructed the lesson. Plus, I would've liked more exercises on tearing apart entire random sentences. So I'd gain more confidence on what makes them tick. These are small criticisms against an excellent grammar book. I bought several others first, but they were so clinical and dry; I had trouble getting through them. I've used dummies books for all kinds of self-help. I've read their books on subjects like Microsoft Access and the 3D software Sketchup. I settled on this book when I made an Internet search for a grammar problem. The answer was an excerpt from this book and that's when I bought it. I outlined it which wasn't quick as it took six weeks, but now I have a stronger grasp on grammar.

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Hugh Curley

Finally a way to learn English grammar

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2012

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I have longed for a reference manual/instructional book that would make up for my lack of interest in grammar school. I finally found a great book that explains all the grammar rules. She has flags of items that frequently show up on tests, and detail information of some rules were important and now less so (but this is set off with a warning that it is for English teachers only).
She uses example sentences that are correct and some that are incorrect to show the difference and then explains the difference.

She points out the three different levels of grammar and has no problem with the familiar, but warns against using it when applying for a job or taking a SAT or ACT test.

This is the one book we all need to improve our grammar.

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Aladdin

Great to learn English for Speakers of Other Languages- You will be smug after reading it...LOL

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2011

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I do not have very good grammar, as you may notice from my review, but believe me my grammar was a lot worse. The book is easy to read and good reference to keep. I am not a native English speaker but now I know many rules that natives don't know. Thanks to Ms. Woods. Now I have more confident when I speak or write way better than before. Actually, many of the rules make sense, Ms. Woods made them that way, the writer of that book nows how people think and what is the next question that come to your mind; therefore, she answer you questions if you keep reading. I recommended the book to other friends and I recommend it to you too. Fun and easy to read.

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advara

How to easily identify grammatical errors ...and get over it.

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2015

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Probably not one for the purists and academics but if you want to get to grips with the subject in a reasonably light-hearted way and not have too much difficulty in preventing the eyelids heading south after five minutes, then this is probably for you. You can read it cover to cover as I did or just use it as a reference, which I will do henceforth. It's based on American English grammar, but there's very little difference between that and British English Grammar like what I will speaking and wrote. Where there are differences, these are clearly indicated. The author doesn't take herself or the subject too seriously, which is to be applauded as there are plenty of missives on this subject, which do just that.
With this book, you can learn English Grammar easily, yet avoid becoming too "anal" about it. I feel I have learned a lot about a dull subject in an interesting way with not too much effort. I think it's fair to say that I have learned enough never to criminally split an infinitive again!

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Raekwon Morgan

The Author Of This Book is Interesting

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2019

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I liked how well the book is written as an in-depth prospect for learning English and for beginners. I disliked that there was pen written notes in the book although when I bought it, it was in "New" condition so I thought there must have been a mistake. I used this book to improve my English and writing skills.

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Samuel Snyder

English grammars for dummies

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2013

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I'm sorry I could not use this product because I don't remember how to find it on my computer. I wish that I had the book itself since I paid for it. That way I could have it tangible in my hands. Nevertheless, I'm sure that this book would've been very helpful to me.

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2011

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I am currently taking a class called "advanced syntax an rhetoric" which is as horrifying as it sounds. This book has really helped me understand all aspects of a sentence, from the basics to the advanced. It's an easy read and uses sentence examples that are relatively complex (not too complex...after all it is a book for high school students)which is great, because those simple 5 word examples we always get from other books are completely worthless when you start having to analyze sentences with multiple nouns, verbs, appositives, infinitives, and prepositional phrases. So, in short, I suggest this book for everyone.

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Jeisi Natural

Great for ESL College Students

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016

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I'm a college student. English is not my first language and it was difficult for me to understand English grammar. I failed English 201 twice, so I decided to get this book before I took the class a third time. It is so easy to understand. I passed the class this time with a B+. I don't think I could have done it without this fabulous book. If you are struggling with your grammar you should get this book immediately. Specially is English is not your first language.

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Frank Reibold

gut, aber nicht für Anfänger

Reviewed in Germany on November 26, 2010

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Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über die Grammatik der englischen Sprache. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf dem Amerikanischen; britisches Englisch wird nur am Rande erwähnt.

Zu Beginn werden die grammatikalischen Bestandteile von Sätzen (Subjekt, Verb, direktes / indirektes Objekt) eingeführt. Später werden schwierigere Themen wie adverbiale Bestimmungen, Konjunktiv und Plusquamperfekt behandelt. Zum Schluss geht es um das Schreiben schöner Sätze; dazu werden die Regeln für Nebensätze, Kommata und Subjunktiv erklärt.

Zur Einführung in ein Thema gibt es immer einen Satz, welcher dann auseinander genommen wird. Dabei kann es sich um ein gutes oder um ein schlechtes Beispiel handeln. Bei den oben angeführten Grundbestandteilen von Sätzen gibt es Verfahren, um diese aufzuspüren (inklusive Grafiken). An die jeweilige Regel schließen sich weitere Beispiele an (falscher Satz, richtiger Satz und Begründung). Zum Schluss gibt es Aufgaben mit Lösung.

Für wichtige Themen gibt es Kästen (z. B. historic / historical, sit / set). Man erhält zwar einführende Hinweise für einen guten Schreibstil, Zitate und wissenschaftliches Arbeiten; grundsätzlich wird man zu diesen Themen jedoch auf die Fachliteratur verwiesen.

Das Buch richtet sich nicht an Anfänger. Es soll helfen, die Kenntnisse der englischen Sprache zu verbessern. Deshalb findet man auch oft Hinweise auf spezielle Fragen in den Aufnahmetests für amerikanische Hochschulen (SAT bzw. ACT). Die neue 2. Auflage geht auch auf das Internet ein (E-Mail oder SMS). Das Wichtigste ist, dass man sich klar ausdrücken und den Stil nach dem Gesprächspartner ausrichten soll (z. B. in einer Bewerbung formales Englisch verwenden).

Mir hat das Buch gut gefallen. Die Unklarheiten, die ich mit der englischen Sprache noch hatte (vor allem Groß- und Kleinschreibung von Überschriften) sind weit gehend beseitigt. Die diskutierten Regeln sind nicht wirklich schwieriger als Schulenglisch und die grammatikalischen Fachausdrücke kann (bzw. soll) man überlesen. Man muss bei dem Buch eben nur beachten, dass es sich nicht an Anfänger richtet, sondern der Vervollkommnung und Testvorbereitung dient.

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Cyane

Fun!

Reviewed in France on December 27, 2016

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I wish I had such a funny grammar teacher when I was younger. At first, I found a bit difficult to get accustomed to the tone of the book and the - apparent - lack of seriousness. The book gets better after some practice. It grows on you :) Examples are numerous and enjoyable. My fellow subway passengers hearing my laughs would not believe I'm reading a grammar book :D

isabelle

Four Stars

Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2017

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Dagmar Schellig

Sehr hilfreich

Reviewed in Germany on March 17, 2013

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Da ich beabsichtige mich für längere Zeit in Amerika aufzuhalten, wollte ich meine verstaubten Schul-Englischkenntnisse auffrischen und dafür ist dieses Buch sehr gut geeignet. Es vermittelt einfach und unterhaltsam die wichtigsten Grundkenntnisse der Englischen Grammatik, so wird das Lernen zum Vergnügen und nicht zu einer lästigen Pflicht.
Das es in Englischer Sprache verfasst ist, ist in keinster Weise hinderlich sondern bringt einen weiteren Pluspunkt. Ich kann es als Auffrischung und Vertiefung nur empfehlen.

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David Rutledge

EXCELLENT - FUN TO READ - COVERS IT ALL

Reviewed in Canada on April 11, 2015

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Excellent book. I was wary of a textbook without "Oxford" or "Cambridge" in the title, but don't worry. This book covers all the bases and it is fun to read as well, something which sets it apart from the crowd. Well done!

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