Grammar : a friendly approach /
Christine Sinclair.
- 2nd
- Mainland : Open University Press, 2010.
- xiv, 185: 23 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index
List of figures Introduction to the second edition Introduction Bad language Standard practice Who or what is the subject? Where`s the action? The verb The complete sentence What goes wrong with sentences? Speaking personally More on complex sentences: relationships and relatives How to be offensive with punctuation That pesky apostrophe Checking the checker Quote/unquote - avoiding plagiarism The machine`s out to get us Finale Glossary Bibliography Index
This book introduces grammar in a gentle way by illustrating the kinds of issues students may come across by setting them in context using a soap opera style script.