How Grammar Works: A Self-Teaching Guide

By Patricia Osborn

Book Overview

A new, quick way to brush up on basic grammar. Do you join independent clauses with a comma? When is it proper to use a semicolon in a sentence? Anyone who can't answer these questions can benefit from this book. Packed with easy ways to remember important rules and how they apply to the English language, unlike other grammar manuals which stress memorization. Written in a straightforward, readable style, and incorporates handy self-tests throughout.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471612979
• ISBN13: 9780471612971
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

A great grammar book

This is a great grammar book. It's straight forward, informative and easy to understand. It's an excellent self study or self review.

Helpful and easy to use; some tiny errors

As an instructional guide, this book is helpful and straightforward, and it's easy to zoom through the lessons. (Perhaps a little too easy.) Osborn's style is engaging, and the tone and appearance of the book are inviting. However, on a couple of finer points, I actually disagree with her examples, and I have noted a typo or two. I think this book would be appropriate for high school or undergraduate school students wanting to update their grammar skills; more serious writers, English majors, and journalists may want a reference with more punch, more detail, more examples, and more drills.