A Student's Introduction to English Grammar
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A groundbreaking new textbook on English sentence structure for beginning students in colleges and universities.
Geoffrey K. Pullum Boeken
Geoffrey K. Pullum is een Brits-Amerikaanse linguïst en een vaste medewerker van Language Log. Zijn expertise op het gebied van taal vormt zijn benadering van schrijven. Zijn werk kenmerkt zich door precisie en een diepgaand begrip van taalkundige structuren. Lezers waarderen zijn vermogen om complexe taalkundige concepten duidelijk en toegankelijk uit te leggen.
Do you worry that your understanding of English grammar isn’t what it should be? It may not be your fault. For hundreds of years, vague and confused ideas about how to state the rules have been passed down from one generation to the next. The available books for the general reader – thousands of them, shamelessly plagiarizing each other – repeat the same misguided definitions and generalizations that appeared in the schoolbooks used by your great-great-grandparents. Geoff Pullum thinks you deserve better. In this book he breaks away from the tradition. Presupposing no prior knowledge or technical terms, he provides an informal introduction to the essential concepts underlying grammar and usage. With the foundation he provides, you will be equipped to understand the classification of words, the structure of phrases and clauses, and why some supposed grammar rules are really just myths. Also covered are some of the key points about spelling, apostrophes, hyphens, capitalization, and punctuation. Illuminating, witty, and incisive, The Truth About English Grammar is a vital book for all who love writing, reading, and thinking about English.
