TY - BOOK AU - Sullivan,Nancy TI - Essential grammar for today's writers, students, and teachers SN - 9781138857025 AV - PE1112 .S85 2015 U1 - 428.2 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - English language KW - Grammar KW - fast N1 - 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 ER -