Gwynne's Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English

Gwynne's Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English

N.M. Gwynne

Language: English

Pages: 288

ISBN: 038535293X

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Anxious about apostrophes?
 
In a pickle over your pronouns and prepositions?
 
Fear not—Mr. Gwynne is here with his wonderfully concise and highly enjoyable book of grammar.
 
Within these pages, adults and children alike will find all they need to rediscover this lost science and sharpen up their skills.
 
Mr. Gwynne believes that happiness depends at least partly on good grammar—and Mr. Gwynne is never wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

new-fangled teachers” did not realise of course is that grammar is such an important subject. The word “was” in that sentence is used in order to make the tense of the verb in the subordinate clause agree with the tense of the verb in the main clause. When, as here, the sequence of tenses rule has the result of making the meaning unclear, it is as well to reword the sentence, for instance in that case to “did not realise the great importance of grammar.” CHAPTER 8 Punctuation Punctuation of

another element in the new conception of history.) 6.  “They undertook to study in the past the physiology of nations, and hoped by applying the experimental method on a large scale to deduce some lessons of real value about the conditions on which the welfare of society mainly depend.” —Lecky, The Political Value of History. (Conclusion: an important consequence of the new conception of history.) In narration and description, the paragraph sometimes begins with a concise, comprehensive

express an action or state of being without giving any indication of a subject for the action or state (as in “to learn” and “to have been taught”). See also in the next paragraph for a fuller explanation. Verbs, non-finite parts of. The infinitive names the action or state without reference to who or what is either (a) doing the action or (b) being whatever it is that he, she or it is being. Examples: “to teach” (present indefinite active); “to be about to be teaching” (future indicative active

appropriate use of predicate of, 7.1, 16.1 related words in, keeping together as statements, positive form of subject of, 7.1, 16.1 topic word division in Shakespeare, William, prf.1, 6.1, 10.1 Smith, William song lyrics, rhythm and rhyme in Song of Hiawatha (Longfellow) Spectator, The, 2.1, 10.1 spelling, English vs. American split infinitive, 6.1, bm1.1 see also under verb: moods of; verb: non-finite parts of spondee, 10.1, 10.2 stanza, 10.1, 10.2 Steadman, J. M., Jr.

alone from the more modern books for children that often have more pictures than text. I have some closing words addressed directly to you, dear reader. Unless you are already well acquainted with the material that is in this book, I can safely say that you will emerge from it a different person from the person that you are now—and for the better—and all the more so, the more effort you put into mastering what is to be found in it. In saying this, I am not making any claims on my own behalf.

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