Essential grammar for today's writers, students, and teachers /
Nancy M. Sullivan.
- xxi, 227 pages ; 26 cm
Includes index.
1. Word classes -- Language focus : language and the brain -- Nouns -- Adjectives -- Pronouns -- Verbs -- Adverbs -- Prepositions -- Conjunctions -- Interjections -- 2. Extending the basics -- Language focus : the sounds of language -- Extending nouns -- Extending propositional phrases -- Extending verbs with active and passive voice -- Extending conjunctions with conjunctive adverbs -- 3. Sentence patterns -- Language focus : sociolinguistics -- Verb classes -- Sentence patterns -- 4. Verbals : gerunds, participles, and infinitives -- Language focus : language acquisition -- 5. Adjective, adverb, and noun clauses -- Language focus : the history of English.
9781138857025 1138857025 9780765641748 0765641747
2014018403
GBB4B6582 bnb GBB4D4931 bnb
016898373 Uk 016956107 Uk
English language--Grammar. English language--Grammar.