Publisher's Synopsis
English grammar made fun and easy!
Speak with ease, write with confidence, and release your fears!
Avoid speech blunders and grammar foul–ups with this friendly, practical guide!
Sick of people correcting your grammar all the time? Relax! Let expert Geraldine Woods show you the way. From pronouns, participles, and parallel structure to adjectives, verbs, and tenses, this friendly guide will put the joy back into "proper" speaking and writing without bogging you down in a boring list of rules.
Discover how to:
- Avoid common grammatical errors
- Use proper punctuation
- Conjugate verbs and get tenses right
- Say exactly what you mean
- Decide when to use slang
- Become an effective proofreader
- Explanations in plain English
- "get in, get out" information
- Icons and other navigational aids
- Tear–out cheat sheet
- Top ten lists
- A dash of humor and fun
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