The Briefest English Grammar and Punctuation Guide Ever! PDF
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THE Briefest English Grammar AND Punctuation Guide Ever! Ruth Colman grew up in a northern Sydney beach suburb and attended state schools. She did a colourful BA at the University of Sydney, and taught English at secondary schools for about ten years in Australia and Southeast Asia. Then she got sidetracked into editorial work, but still enjoys occasional ESL teaching. A NewSouth book Published by NewSouth Publishing University of New South Wales Press Ltd University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA https://unsw.press/ © Ruth Colman 2023 First edition published in 2011 The Briefest English Grammar Ever! published in 2005 The Briefest Punctuation Guide Ever! published in 2010 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part of this book may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Inquiries should be addressed to the publisher. A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of Australia ISBN 9781742237954 (paperback) 9781742238678 (ebook) 9781742239613 (ePDF) Internal design Josephine Pajor-Markus Cover design George Saad Printer Griffin Press This book is printed on paper using fibre supplied from plantation or sustainably managed forests. THE Briefest English Grammar AND Punctuation Guide Ever! Ruth Colman Contents PART 1: Grammar Preface to the grammar guide 3 Intro 5 Sentences 7 Clauses and phrases 10 Words – and their functions 12 Nouns 13 Pronouns 15 Verbs 20 Adjectives 34 Adverbs 37 Prepositions 39 Conjunctions 41 Articles (or determiners) 42 Exclamations (interjections) 43 More about clauses 44 In conclusion . . . 48 PART 2: Punctuation Preface: What this part is and isn’t. 51 Intro 53 I’m writing ordinary sentences. What punctuation marks do I need? 55 What’s the difference between a hyphen and a dash? Aren’t they the same? 64 Capital letters can be confusing. When should I use them? When shouldn’t I use them? 68 Please! Please tell me about apostrophes. 74 I’m quoting something written by someone else. What are the rules? 83 I want to write a conversation, just as it was spoken. 89 Lists. Are there any rules? 91 Not strictly punctuation, but . . . 95 In conclusion . . . 102 Helpful books 103 PART 1 Grammar
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