"Grasping the intricacies of the English language doesn't need to be tricky, and this down-to-earth guide breaks everything down in ways that make sense--Revealing rules, tips, and tricks to eliminate confusion and gain clarity, English Grammar For Dummies gives you everything you need to communicate with confidence! Good grammar lays the foundation for speaking and writing clearly. This easy-to-follow book will help you become a more articulate, effective communicator. Covering everything from the building blocks of a sentence to those pesky rules of punctuation, it offers the practical guidance you need to communicate in a way that would make any English teacher proud."--

Provides information on grammatical rules and how to use them, discussing verbs and verb tenses, subjects, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions, interjections, articles, pronouns, and punctuation.

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Grasping the intricacies of the English language doesn't need to be tricky, and this down-to-earth guide breaks everything down in ways that make sense—Revealing rules, tips, and tricks to eliminate confusion and gain clarity, English Grammar For Dummies gives you everything you need to communicate with confidence!

Good grammar lays the foundation for speaking and writing clearly. This easy-to-follow book will help you become a more articulate, effective communicator. Covering everything from the building blocks of a sentence to those pesky rules of punctuation, it offers the practical guidance you need to communicate in a way that would make any English teacher proud.

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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.

A few years ago, a magazine sponsored a contest for the comment most likely to end a conversation. The winning entry? "I teach English grammar." Just throw that line out at a party; everyone around you will clam up or start saying "whom." Why does grammar make everyone so nervous? Probably because English teachers, for decades - no, for centuries - have been making a big deal out of grammar in classrooms, diagramming sentences and drilling the parts of speech, clauses, and verbals into students until they beg for mercy. Happily, you don't have to learn all those technical terms of English grammar - and you certainly don't have to diagram sentences - in order to speak and write correct English. So rest assured - English Grammar For Dummies will probably never make your English teacher's top-ten list of must-read books, because you won't have to diagram a single sentence. What you will discover are fun and easy strategies that can help you when you're faced with such grammatical dilemmas as the choice between "I" and "me," "had gone" and "went," and "who" and "whom." With English Grammar For Dummies, you won't have to memorize a long list of meaningless rules (well, maybe a couple in the punctuation chapter!), because when you understand the reason for a particular word choice, you'll pick the correct word automatically. English Grammar For Dummies covers many other topics as well, such as the following: Verbs, adjectives, and adverbs - oh my! Preposition propositions and pronoun pronouncements Punctuation: The lowdown on periods, commas, colons, and all those other squiggly marks Possession: It's nine-tenths of grammatical law Avoiding those double negative vibes How to spice up really boring sentences (like this one) Top Ten lists on improving your proofreading skills and ways to learn better grammar Just think how improving your speaking and writing skills will help you in everyday situations, such as writing a paper for school, giving a presentation to your company's big wigs, or communicating effectively with your family. You will not only gain the confidence in knowing you're speaking or writing well, but you'll also make a good impression on those around you!

From pronouns, participles, and parallel structure to adjectives, verbs, and tenses, this friendly guide will put the joy back into "proper" speaking and writing--without bogging you down in a boring list of rules.

"This easy-to-carry book book has been written to cater for people who have almost no idea about grammatical rules, and as a supplementary text for students to quickly and easily understand rules and styles, without getting caught up in too much terminology and rules. Topics include: You know what I mean so why should I study grammar? ; Verbs: the engine of the sentence ; Relax! understanding verb tense ; Who's doing what? how to find the subject ; Having it all: the complete sentence ; Joining sentences ; Modifying with adjectives and adverbs ; Handling pronouns ; Commas: the pause that refreshes ; Quotations: he said, she said ; Adding information: semicolons, colons ; Dots and Dashes: ellipses, hyphens and dashes ; Capital letters ; Pronouns and their cases ; Fine-tuning verbs and verbals ; Saying what you want to say: descriptive words and phrases ; Ten ways to improve your editing."--Provided by publisher.

A guide to good grammar, looking at the parts of speech and parts of the sentence; explaining how to avoid common errors; discussing punctuation; and considering some of the finer points of grammar.

Improve your writing and speaking skills in everyday situations   Getting tangled up with grammar rules and misplaced apostrophes? English Grammar For Dummies, Australian Edition, will help you straighten things out. Packed with expert advice, it covers everything from basic sentence structure to the fi ner points of grammar -- this is the only grammar book you need! Discover how to: Avoid common grammatical errors Structure sentences correctly Accessorise with adjectives and adverbs Pair the correct pronoun with the noun Come to grips with apostrophes Decide when to use 'friendspeak' or formal English

Because American English is the international language for business, learning to write and speak effectively is essential to millions of people worldwide. This easy-to-use reference introduces grammar fundamentals and shows readers how to communicate with confidence. It includes: -- Coverage of all grammar rules, from the basic parts of speech to complex sentence structure-- Proven tips and tricks for remembering complex grammar rules

Find out how to avoid embarrassing grammar blunders Your plain-English guide to proper English If you want to do better at school or at work, good grammar is a must - and this friendly guide makes good grammar a cinch. From pronouns, participles, and parallel structure to adjectives, verbs, and tenses, it shows you how to speak and write with confidence - without bogging you down with boring lists of rules. Discover how to Avoid common grammatical errors Use proper punctuation Conjugate verbs and get tenses right Say exactly what you mean Decide when to use capitalization

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Building a firm foundation : the parts of a sentence. Using the right words at the right time ; Verbs: the heart of the sentence ; Who's doing what? How to find the subject ; When all is said and done: complete sentences ; Handling complements -- Clearing up confusing grammar points. Relax! Understanding verb tense ; Nodding your head: all about agreement ; Pronouns and their cases ; Small words, big trouble: prepositions ; Two really good parts of speech: adjectives and adverbs -- Conventional wisdom : punctuation and capitalization. Punctuation law that should be repealed: apostrophes ; Quotations: more rules than the internal revenue service ; The pause that refreshes: commas ; Useful little marks: dashes, hyphens, and colons ; CAPITAL LETTERS ; Rules of thumb: adapting grammar to electronic media -- Polishing without wax : the finer points of grammar and style. Fine-tuning verbs ; No santas but plenty of clauses ; Spicing up sentence patterns ; Staying on track: parallelism ; Meaning what you say: clarity ; Grammar devils -- The part of tens. Ten ways to improve your proofreading ; Relax already! Grammar rules you can stop worrying about."Grasping the intricacies of the English language doesn't need to be tricky, and this down-to-earth guide breaks everything down in ways that make sense--Revealing rules, tips, and tricks to eliminate confusion and gain clarity, English Grammar For Dummies gives you everything you need to communicate with confidence! Good grammar lays the foundation for speaking and writing clearly. This easy-to-follow book will help you become a more articulate, effective communicator. Covering everything from the building blocks of a sentence to those pesky rules of punctuation, it offers the practical guidance you need to communicate in a way that would make any English teacher proud."-- $c Provided by publisher

Discover how to: avoid common grammatical errors, use proper punctuation, conjugate verbs and get your tenses right, say exactly what you mean, decide when to use slang and become an effective proofreader.

This simple guide helps you make sense of grammar so that you can refine your language skills.

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 communicationGeraldine Woods is the aut

Provides a guide to English grammar that covers punctuation, capitalization, key rules, proofreading tips, and writing techniques. Includes updated examples and references.

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 gives you the latest techniques for improving your efficiency with English grammar and punctuation.

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Building a Firm Foundation: The Parts of the Sentence -- Chapter 1 Using the Right Words at the Right Time -- What This Year's Sentence Is Wearing: Understanding Grammar and Style -- Distinguishing Between the Three Englishes -- Wanna get something to eat? Friendspeak -- Do you feel like getting a sandwich? Conversational English -- Will you accompany me to the dining room? Formal English -- Thumbing Your Way to Better Grammar -- Probing the Limits of Grammar-Checking Software -- What's Your Problem? Solutions to Your Grammar Gremlins -- Chapter 2 Verbs: The Heart of the Sentence -- Expressing Meaning with Verbs -- Meeting the Families: Linking and Action Verbs -- Linking verbs: The Giant Equal Sign -- Forms of "to be" -- Synonyms of "to be" -- Savoring sensory verbs -- Completing linking-verb sentences correctly -- Lights! Camera! Action verb! -- Calling the Help Line for Verbs -- Timing is everything: Creating a time frame with helping verbs -- Don't ask! Questions and negative statements -- Adding shades of meaning with helping verbs -- Pop the Question: Locating the Verb -- Chapter 3 Who's Doing What? How to Find the Subject -- Who's Driving the Truck? Why the Subject Is Important -- Teaming up: Subject and verb pairs -- Compound subjects and verbs: Two for the price of one -- Pop the Question: Locating the Subject-Verb Pairs -- What's a Nice Subject Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Unusual Word Order -- Find That Subject! Detecting You-Understood -- Searching for the Subject in Questions -- Don't Get Faked Out: Avoiding Fake Verbs and Subjects -- Finding fake verbs -- Watching out for "here" and "there" and other fake subjects Choosing the correct verb for "here" and "there" sentences -- Subjects Aren't Just a Singular Sensation: Forming the Plural of Nouns -- Regular plurals -- The -IES and -YS have it -- No knifes here: Irregular plurals -- The brother-in-law rule: Hyphenated plurals -- Chapter 4 When All Is Said and Done: Complete Sentences -- Completing Sentences: The Essential Subjects and Verbs -- Complete Thoughts, Complete Sentences -- Joining Forces: Combining Sentences Correctly -- Connecting with coordinate conjunctions -- Attaching thoughts: Semicolons -- Boss and Employee: Joining Ideas of Unequal Ranks -- Choosing Subordinate Conjunctions -- Using Pronouns to Combine Sentences -- Understanding Fragments -- Placing fragments in the right context -- Steering clear of inappropriate fragments -- Reaching the End of the Line: Endmarks -- Chapter 5 Handling Complements -- Getting a Piece of the Action: Complements for Action Verbs -- Receiving the action: Direct objects -- Rare, but sometimes there: Indirect objects -- No bias here: Objective complements -- Completing the Equation: Subject Complements -- Pop the Question: Locating the Complement -- Pop the Question: Finding the Indirect Object -- Pronouns as Objects and Subject Complements -- Part 2 Clearing Up Confusing Grammar Points -- Chapter 6 Relax! Understanding Verb Tense -- Simplifying Matters: The Simple Tenses -- Present tense -- Past tense -- Future tense -- Using the Simple Tenses Correctly -- Present and present progressive -- Past and past progressive -- Future and future progressive -- Not Picture Perfect: Understanding the Perfect Tenses -- Present perfect and present perfect progressive -- Past perfect and past perfect progressive -- Future perfect and future perfect progressive -- Using the Perfect Tenses Correctly -- Case 1: Beginning in the past and continuing in the present Case 2: Events at two different times in the past -- Case 3: More than two past events, all at different times -- Case 4: Two events in the future -- Reporting Information: Verbs Tell the Story -- Summarized speech -- Eternal truths -- The historical present -- The Rebels: Dealing with Irregular Verbs -- To be, to have, to do -- Irregular past forms and participles -- Chapter 7 Nodding Your Head: All About Agreement -- Agreeing Not to Disagree -- Making Subjects and Verbs Agree -- The unchangeables -- The changeables -- Matching Subjects and Verbs in Some Tricky Situations -- Compound subjects -- Locating subjects and ignoring distractions -- Reaching an Agreement with Pronouns -- Choosing subject pronouns -- Matching pronouns to their antecedents -- Agreeing in Tricky Situations -- Five puzzling pronouns -- Each and every -- Either and neither: Alone or with partners -- Politics and other irregular subjects -- The ones, the things, and the bodies -- Who, which, and that -- Dealing Sensitively with Pronoun Gender -- Chapter 8 Pronouns and Their Cases -- Me Like Tarzan: Choosing Subject Pronouns -- Compounding interest: Pairs of subjects -- Attracting appositives -- Picking pronouns for comparisons -- Using Pronouns as Direct and Indirect Objects -- Are You Talking to I? Prepositions and Pronouns -- Attaching Objects to Verbals -- Knowing the Difference Between Who and Whom -- Pronouns of Possession: No Exorcist Needed -- Dealing with Pronouns and "-Ing" Nouns -- Chapter 9 Small Words, Big Trouble: Prepositions -- Proposing Relationships: Prepositions -- The Objects of My Affection: Prepositional Phrases and Their Objects -- Pop the question: Questions that identify the objects of the prepositions -- Why pay attention to prepositions? -- A Good Part of Speech to End a Sentence With? Chapter 10 Two Real Really Good Parts of Speech: Adjectives and Adverbs -- Clarifying Meaning with Descriptions -- Adding Adjectives -- Adjectives describing nouns -- Adjectives describing pronouns -- Attaching adjectives to linking verbs -- Articles: Not just for magazines -- Pop the question: Identifying adjectives -- Stalking the Common Adverb -- Pop the question: Finding the adverb -- Adverbs describing adjectives and other adverbs -- Choosing Between Adjectives and Adverbs -- Sorting out "good" and "well" -- Dealing with "bad" and "badly" -- Adjectives and adverbs that look the same -- Creating Comparisons with Adjectives and Adverbs -- Ending it with -er or giving it more to adjectives -- Creating comparisons with adverbs -- Breaking the Rules: Irregular Comparisons -- Good, bad, well -- Little, many, much -- Part 3 Conventional Wisdom: Punctuation and Capitalization -- Chapter 11 Punctuation Law That Should Be Repealed: Apostrophes -- The Pen of My Aunt or My Aunt's Pen? Using Apostrophes to Show Possession -- Ownership for singles -- Sharing the wealth: Plural possessives -- Possession with Proper Nouns -- Ownership with Hyphenated Words -- Possessive Nouns That End in S -- Common Apostrophe Errors with Pronouns -- Shortened Words for Busy People: Contractions -- You Coulda Made a Contraction Mistake -- Chapter 12 Quotations: More Rules Than the Internal Revenue Service -- And I Quote -- Punctuating Quotations -- Quotations with speaker tags -- Quotations without speaker tags -- Quotations with question marks -- Quotations with exclamation points -- Quotations with semicolons -- Quotations inside quotations -- Who Said That? Identifying Speaker Changes -- Germ-Free Quotations: Using Sanitizing Quotation Marks -- Punctuating Titles: When to Use Quotation Marks -- Chapter 13 The Pause That Refreshes: Commas Distinguishing Items: Commas in Series -- Using "Comma Sense" to Add Information to Your Sentence -- Separating a list of descriptions -- Essential or extra? Commas tell the tale -- Commas with appositive influence -- You Talkin' to Me? Direct Address -- Using Commas in Addresses and Dates -- Addressing addresses -- Punctuating dates -- Getting Started: The Introductory Comma -- Words not connected to the meaning of the sentence -- Phrases and clauses -- Punctuating Independently -- Chapter 14 Useful Little Marks: Dashes, Hyphens, and Colons -- Inserting Information with Dashes -- Long dashes -- Short dashes -- H-y-p-h-e-n-a-t-i-n-g Made Easy -- Understanding the great divide -- Using hyphens for compound words -- Placing hyphens in numbers -- Utilizing the well-placed hyphen -- Creating a Stopping Point: Colons -- Addressing a business letter or email -- Introducing lists -- Introducing long quotations -- Chapter 15 CAPITAL LETTERS -- Knowing What's Up with Uppercase -- Capitalizing (or Not) References to People -- Sorting out titles -- Writing about family relationships -- Tackling race and ethnicity -- Capitalizing Geography: Directions, Places, and Languages -- Directions and areas of a country -- Capitalizing geographic features -- Marking Seasons and Other Times -- Schooling: Courses, Years, and Subjects -- Writing Capitals in Titles -- Headline style -- Sentence style -- Concerning Historic Capitals: Events and Eras -- ?4U: Cn U AbbreV8? -- Chapter 16 Rules of Thumb: Adapting Grammar to Electronic Media -- Thumb Wrestling with Grammar: Texts, Tweets, and Instant Messages -- Choosing formal or informal language -- Getting creative within character limits -- Making a text and checking it twice -- Emailing Your Way to Good Grammar -- The heading -- The greeting -- The body -- The closing -- Handling Grammar on the Internet Blogging for fun and (sometimes) profit

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Sie mussen jetzt englische Grammatik pauken und Ihr Schulenglisch ist schon ein wenig eingerostet. Sie haben Kunden im Ausland? Da sollten die E-Mails verstandlich sein. Sie mussen eine Prasentation auf Englisch halten? Oder bereiten Sie sich auf den TOEFL vor? Englische Grammatik ist nicht wirklich spa?ig. Da hilft nur dieses Buch von Geraldine Woods, die locker, witzig und leicht verstandlich auch die kompliziertesten Regeln der englischen Sprache erklart. Und auf einmal macht Grammatik lernen Spa?.

"¿Necesitas mejorar tu nivel de inlés para acceder a un puesto de trabajo más calificado o bien para obtener una buena nota en alguna prueba o examen? Entonces estás de suerte porque has encontrado al compañero perfecto para ayudarte a lo largo de este viaje. Este libro, escrito como el resto de la colección Para Dummies, con un estilo fresco y desenfadado, te ayudará a utilizar correctamente tiempos verbales, pronombres y preposiciones, y a mejorar tus conocimientos de gramática hasta dominarla por completo." --P. [4] of cover.

Mejora tu nivel de inglés con el método más fácil y entretenido ¿Necesitas mejorar tu nivel de inglés para acceder a un puesto de trabajo más cualificado o bien para sacar buena nota en alguna prueba o examen? Entonces estás de enhorabuena, porque has encontrado al compañero perfecto para acompañarte a lo largo de este viaje. Este libro, escrito como el resto de libros de la colección Para Dummies con un estilo fresco y desenfadado, teayudará a utilizar correctamente tiempos verbales, pronombres y preposiciones, y a mejorar tus conocimientos de gramática inglesa hasta dominarla por completo. * ¿Examen a la vista? -- Don't worry, aquí encontrarás todo lo que necesitas saber para dominar de una vez por todas la gramática inglesa y sacar la mejor nota. * Errores comunes -- Hay una serie de errores comunes que todos cometemos y que aquí te enseñamos a evitar. *¿Reparo a hablar en inglés? -- Con este libro aprenderás a construir las frases correctamente y, con ello, a perderle el miedo al inglés. * Para picotear -- No hace falta que hagas una lectura lineal: puedes ir directamente a los temas en los que tienes mayor dificultad o bien sobre los que tienes dudas.

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