University of Wisconsin Press, 2003 eISBN: 978-0-299-19133-7 | Paper: 978-0-299-19134-4 Library of Congress Classification PE1112.K43 2003 Dewey Decimal Classification 428.2
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The Grammar Crammer is a concise, sensible grammar handbook that explains lucidly how to remember correct word forms and sentence structures. Useful as a reference tool for high school and beyond, it packs an entire grammar encyclopedia into just over a hundred pages.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
How to Use This Book
Clue 1: Why We Have Trouble with Grammar
Clue 2: Why Grammar Is So Confusing
1:
Nouns
Clue 1: Most Nouns Can Follow the
Catch 1: Some Nouns Are Also Verbs
Catch 2: Some Nouns Are Groups of Words
Clue 2: Most Nouns Add s to Show Plural
Catch 3: Some Nouns Form Irregular Plurals
Catch 4: Some Singular Nouns Have Plural Meanings
Clue 3: Possessives Can Show More Than Possession
Catch 5: Apostrophes Are Tricky
Catch 6: Compound Nouns Often Replace Possessives
Checkup Quiz
2:
Pronouns
Clue 1: Pronouns Come in Small Groups
Catch 1: Is It I or me?
Catch 2: Whom Isn't Dead Yet
Clue 2: How to Tell a Possessive from a Contraction
Clue 3: Some Pronouns Defy Logic
Catch 3: The which/that Dilemma
Catch 4: The whose Confusion
Clue 4: How to Use the Pronoun one
Clue 5: The Verbs That Follow Indefinite Pronouns
Checkup Quiz
3:
Verbs
Clue 1: Memorize Tricky Irregular Verbs
Catch 1: Look-Alike Verbs Trip Us Up
Clue 2: Some Plural Subjects Take Singular Verbs
Clue 3: Know How to Deal with Fancy Tenses
Catch 2: Shall Isn't Dead Yet
Clue 4: Translate Speech Properly to Paper
Clue 5: Passive Has Its Place
Catch 3: The Prejudice Against get
Clue 6: A Verb Is Sometimes a Two-Word Unit
Clue 7: Some Verbs Take Special Prepositions
Catch 4: The Split Infinitive Has Not Yet Won Its Battle
Clue 8: Mood Is a Sometime Thing
Checkup Quiz
4:
Modifiers
Clue 1: -1y Words Are Not Always Adverbs, and Adverbs Are Not Always -1y Words
Catch 1: good and well, bad and badly
Clue 2: Which Comparisons use -er, -est; and Which Use more and most
Catch 2: Some Words Can't Be Compared
Catch 3: Watch the Pronouns That Follow Comparisons
Clue 3: Don't Use Shorthand in Comparing
Clue 4: Clear Up the than/then Confusion
Clue 5: Other Modifiers That Trip the Unwary
Checkup Quiz
5:
Sentences
Clue 1: Compound Sentences Show Related and Equally Important Thoughts
Clue 2: Make Sure Your Compound Sentences Do the Right Job
Clue 3: Complex Sentences Show Complicated Relationships Between Ideas
University of Wisconsin Press, 2003 eISBN: 978-0-299-19133-7 Paper: 978-0-299-19134-4
The Grammar Crammer is a concise, sensible grammar handbook that explains lucidly how to remember correct word forms and sentence structures. Useful as a reference tool for high school and beyond, it packs an entire grammar encyclopedia into just over a hundred pages.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
How to Use This Book
Clue 1: Why We Have Trouble with Grammar
Clue 2: Why Grammar Is So Confusing
1:
Nouns
Clue 1: Most Nouns Can Follow the
Catch 1: Some Nouns Are Also Verbs
Catch 2: Some Nouns Are Groups of Words
Clue 2: Most Nouns Add s to Show Plural
Catch 3: Some Nouns Form Irregular Plurals
Catch 4: Some Singular Nouns Have Plural Meanings
Clue 3: Possessives Can Show More Than Possession
Catch 5: Apostrophes Are Tricky
Catch 6: Compound Nouns Often Replace Possessives
Checkup Quiz
2:
Pronouns
Clue 1: Pronouns Come in Small Groups
Catch 1: Is It I or me?
Catch 2: Whom Isn't Dead Yet
Clue 2: How to Tell a Possessive from a Contraction
Clue 3: Some Pronouns Defy Logic
Catch 3: The which/that Dilemma
Catch 4: The whose Confusion
Clue 4: How to Use the Pronoun one
Clue 5: The Verbs That Follow Indefinite Pronouns
Checkup Quiz
3:
Verbs
Clue 1: Memorize Tricky Irregular Verbs
Catch 1: Look-Alike Verbs Trip Us Up
Clue 2: Some Plural Subjects Take Singular Verbs
Clue 3: Know How to Deal with Fancy Tenses
Catch 2: Shall Isn't Dead Yet
Clue 4: Translate Speech Properly to Paper
Clue 5: Passive Has Its Place
Catch 3: The Prejudice Against get
Clue 6: A Verb Is Sometimes a Two-Word Unit
Clue 7: Some Verbs Take Special Prepositions
Catch 4: The Split Infinitive Has Not Yet Won Its Battle
Clue 8: Mood Is a Sometime Thing
Checkup Quiz
4:
Modifiers
Clue 1: -1y Words Are Not Always Adverbs, and Adverbs Are Not Always -1y Words
Catch 1: good and well, bad and badly
Clue 2: Which Comparisons use -er, -est; and Which Use more and most
Catch 2: Some Words Can't Be Compared
Catch 3: Watch the Pronouns That Follow Comparisons
Clue 3: Don't Use Shorthand in Comparing
Clue 4: Clear Up the than/then Confusion
Clue 5: Other Modifiers That Trip the Unwary
Checkup Quiz
5:
Sentences
Clue 1: Compound Sentences Show Related and Equally Important Thoughts
Clue 2: Make Sure Your Compound Sentences Do the Right Job
Clue 3: Complex Sentences Show Complicated Relationships Between Ideas