Painless Grammar If you think grammar is dull and boring, open this book--and think again

"Really. This isn't going to hurt at all... If you've hated every grammar book you've ever had to open, get ready for a pleasant surprise! This book mixes parts of speech and punctuation with large portions of humor, down-to-earth examples of correct usage, and funny cartoon illustrations. As you learn painlessly about how to make a verb agree with its subject, or a pronoun with its antecedent, you'll look at some of the wackier words in the English language and see how they are often misused."--BOOK COVER Presents a humorous approach to grammar, covering parts of speech, sentences, agreement, word usage, and editing, with examples and cartoon illustrations It is a word that names a person, place, thing, idea, or quality.