Bloomsbury Grammar Guide : Grammar Made Easy

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 Annotation. 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 This guide is a simple, easy-to-use handbook that shows how the English language works. An A-Z section deals with commonly-made mistakes and points of confusion. Punctuation, common errors, and words, phrases, sentences and clauses are also covered