English Grammar

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!! Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Amazon, and The Washington Post A Wired Must-Read Book of Summer “Gretchen McCulloch is the internet’s favorite linguist, and this book is essential reading. Reading her work is like suddenly being able to see the...

Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar—but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. One year ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. More than seven million episodes have now been downloaded, and Mignon has dispensed grammar tips on Oprah and appeared on the pages of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.

Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Benjamin Hathaway gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that he thinks should be in our bank of general knowledge. A book for students interested in finding out how many things about the English language have changed, and how many have weathered the test of time.

Unzip your backpack of verbs. Do they sing, sketch, listen, or read? Swing, pluck, whistle, or feed?

Discover the colorful, brilliant, dazzling life of an adjective! In this imaginative picture book, young grammarians are introduced to these busy words that describe nouns.

Learn about nouns and proper nouns.

Learn about adverbs.

Language Learning Made Easy: Discover the Secrets of How to Learn a New Language Even if You Think You Suck at It is an intriguing, step-by-step book on how to learn a new language that not only explains how to do it but also demonstrates how to do it successfully in a fun and engaging way. It provides easy-to-follow instructions and insider information to help locate resources and create a study schedule.

Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its height dwarfed both Athens and Rome. It was the marvel of its age, legendary for its vast palaces, safe harbors, and magnificent lighthouse. But it was most famous for the astonishing intellectual efflorescence it fostered and the library it produced. If the European Renaissance was the "rebirth" of Western culture, then Alexandria, Egypt, was its birthplace.

This Highlights Listen & Learn! Audio Study, intended for those in grade three, introduces listeners to Elizabeth Jane Cochran, better known as Nellie Bly. She was an uneducated woman who landed a job as a journalist in a time when women were thought to belong at home and not in the workforce. The comprehension skills featured in this audio study include understanding informational texts, problems and solutions, and vocabulary-building.

Bonjour à tous, amis et futurs amis, aujourd'hui, nous vous offrons enfin la solution que vous attendiez ! Série audio : pour l'auto-apprentissage avec immersion linguistique totale. Ce n'est pas seulement un manuel, c'est un vrai cours d'anglais, en direct, basé sur des situations réelles ! Vous êtes fatigué de répéter après le lecteur ? Pourquoi ne pas oublier totalement ces manuels ennuyeux ?

If you’re like most of us, accidentally making grammatical errors - big and small - in our writing is inevitable. Whether it be in an academic piece of writing or a simple little text message to your friend, making grammatical errors can be embarrassing. It can make your writing feel rushed and done with little to no care, at all. With countless guides on how to properly write and speak, finding books that focus predominantly on common English grammar errors are few and far between.

This succinct, comprehensive list of words is designed to avail you in understanding, employing advanced language with the involvement of definitions, spellings, helpful synonyms and antonyms, and sentences that will help you fathom the context in which they are used. By articulating yourself well, you can appear omniscient and ultimately influence and inspire those around you. These specific words are paramount for articulation, as knowledge is the contemporary form of power.

Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer's Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven't changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation ( gafol-fisc, or tax-fish).

Enter French Stories for Beginners Vol 2: You will find 10 easy-to-listen-to, engaging, and fun stories that will not only help you to dramatically expand your vocabulary but it gives you the tools to improve your grasp of the French language. Boost your comprehension, grow your vocabulary and spark your imagination with these 10 unconventional French short stories! All stories are written using vocabulary that you could easily use in your day-to-day conversations.

Supercharge your speech to get what you want out of every conversation with this fun and practical guide to verbal vividness. An eye-opening guide on how we talk and write to one another, Word Wise explores 400+ of the most common cases of word trash (filler words, hyperbole, and abstractions)...

A far-reaching exploration of the idea of creation in Western thought, literature, religion, and history, this volume can fairly be called a magnum opus. He reflects on the different ways we have of talking about beginnings, on the "core-tiredness" that pervades our end-of-the-millennium spirit, and on the changing grammar of our discussions about the end of Western art and culture.

A working mother of six, who has homeschooled her own children for years, shows how any family can do it, with customized plans for every schedule, lifestyle, and educational goal. More people are looking into homeschooling as an alternative to traditional in-person education, but many parents...

Souhaitez-vous maîtriser la grammaire afin de pouvoir parler et écrire anglais correctement ? Apprenez avec le cours "Maîtrisez la grammaire anglaise : Grammar Tenses + Grammar Practice - New Edition" qui enseigne progressivement tous les temps et formes grammaticales essentiels pour communiquer en anglais aux niveaux moyen et avancé. Pourquoi choisir le cours "Maîtrisez la grammaire anglaise : Grammar Tenses + Grammar Practice - New Edition" ? Pour perfectionner le style de son expression, il ne suffit pas de connaître les règles grammaticales.

Chomp! Crunch! Gulp! Bite into this exciting introduction to onomatopoeia. These fun-filled words copy the sound they are describing, like fizz, beep, or quack!