Boyle, Toni & Sullivan, K.D. The Gremlins of Grammar: A Guide to Conquering the Mischievous Myths That Plague American English.BOYLE, Toni lit SULLIVAN, K.D. The gremlins of grammar; a guide to conquering the mischievous myths that plague American English American English n. The English language as used in the United States. Noun 1. American English - the English language as used in the United States American language, American . McGraw-Hill. 210p. index. c2006. 0-07-145668-6. $11.95. JS A quippy, upbeat guide to grammar and diction, Boyle and Sullivan's handbook lightens with drollery droll·er·y n. pl. droll·er·ies 1. A comical or whimsical quality. 2. A comical or whimsical way of acting, talking, or behaving. 3. a. The act of joking; clowning. b. the do and don't of proper English. A readable introduction to American English accounts for the shift from British style. Witty sentences and verse snippets grab the student's attention; e. g., a poem on homonyms (the spell checker A separate program or word processing function that tests for correctly spelled words. It can test the spelling of a marked block, an entire document or group of documents. Advanced systems check for spelling as the user types and can correct common typos and misspellings on the fly. of "my pea sea") and a model of colon use: "Little Red Riding Hood Noun 1. Little Red Riding Hood - a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother had a heart of gold: her grandmother didn't live to see it." The authors include tips on e-mails; for instance, to save confusion and embarrassment, write the body and edit it before typing in the electronic address. Some sections, particularly prepositions on pp. 20-21 and easily misspelled words on pp. 143-144, vary little from the lethally dull standard textbooks. Some familiar flubs receive a mere nod; e.g., the differentiation between it's and its on p. 56. Because of the unpredictability of information, the user of this book should have a strong backup handy. Marginally recommended for school and public libraries and for home use. Mary Ellen Snodgrass The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. , Hickory, NC J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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