Making sense : the glamorous story of English grammar

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Making sense : the glamorous story of English grammar

Title remainder

the glamorous story of English grammar

Statement of responsibility

David Crystal

Creator

• Crystal, David, 1941-

Author

• Crystal, David, 1941-

Subject

• English language -- Spoken English
• English language -- Grammar | Study and teaching (Higher)
• Linguistic change
• English language -- Variation
• English language -- Grammar | Theory, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• In this book, David Crystal confronts the foe of many : grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking world, grammar disappeared from most school curricula, so terms such as "preposition" and "conjunction" now often confound children and adults alike. In this breezy, entertaining book, Crystal proves that grammar needn't make us uneasy--we can all make sense of how we make sense. -- Provided by publisher
• Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking world, grammar has disappeared from most school curricula. Crystal shows that explaining the nuts and bolts of grammar presents a special challenge, because the subject is burdened with a centuries-old history of educational practice that many will recall as anything but glamorous. He points out how essential grammar is to clear and effective speech and writing, while offering the fascinating history of grammar from ancient Greece, to emailing and texting

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

425

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PE1095

LC item number

.C79 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography