Bloomsbury Grammar Guide

by Gordon Jarvie (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $3.47

  This easy-to-use handbook of English takes the reader through the elements of grammar. It is divided into sections dealing with parts of speech, from nouns to interjections; sentence structure, from statement to paragraphs; word formation, from basic forms to compounding; punctuation, from capital letters to inverted commas; and figures of speech and literary devices, from simile to zeugma. There is also an A-Z section dealing with common errors and confusibles and how to avoid them. Check-up sections, with examples of good and bad grammar at the end of each chapter can be used for quick reference or to check progress.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.47

  This handbook aims to show how the English language works. Taking the reader through the elements of grammar, the book is divided into sections: parts of speech, from nouns to interjections; sentence structure, from statements to paragraph; word formation, from basic forms to compounding punctuation; and figures of speech and literary devices, from alliteration to zeugma. An A-Z sections deals with common errors and points of confusion and how to avoid them.

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $24.68

  Grammar, the structure of a language, is often the subject of confusion. The Bloomsbury Grammar Guide is an easy-to-use handbook which provides the answers. Updated and revised throughout, the new edition is essential reading for all writers and readers of our increasingly dynamic and global language. It contains: * Words, phrases, sentences and clauses * Punctuation - where and how to use everything from the colon to the slash * Figures of speech and literary devices * Common errors - an A-Z list of easily confused words 'A Cook's tour of the English language' Oxford Times