With Grammar Sucks, you can put your phobia to rest. Why else should you keep your grammar skills sharp?
Following in the tradition of Joanne Kimes’s signature “let’s just close our eyes and get through this together” humor, along with Gary Robert Muschla’s gentle grammar technique, Grammar Sucks is for everyone who hates the rules but wants to follow them anyway. It’s the next best thing to learning them by osmosis!
The boring blocks of a sentence.
Let’s start with the basics. Just as a chord is the building block of a song, or a lie is the building block of a campaign speech, it’s also true that a sentence is the building block of verbal and written communication. Sentences in turn are built with eight different kinds of words called the parts of speech. They are the noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Since sentences are made up with these words in a specific pattern, understanding the parts of speech and their uses will help you improve both your speaking and your writing.
I know you think that you can just skip over this basic stuff, but you can’t do anything without knowing the basics first. You can’t drive a car without knowing what the accelerator, brake, and steering wheel are. Hell, you can’t even make love without knowing the basic anatomy of the opposite sex (although men have been trying to go around this one for years). Yes, to understand anything, you need to know the basics, and grammar is no exception. So let’s delve into these eight different parts of speech.
Contents.
Part 1 Grammar Lite: Or, the Basics of the English Language.
Chapter 1: The Boring Blocks of a Sentence.
Chapter 2: Putting All the Crap Together.
Chapter 3: Grammatical Hot Topics:
Global Warming in English Form.
Chapter 4: The A-B-C’s of H-E-L-L.
Part 2 Intermediate Stuff: Or, Grammar Basics You Should Know If You’re Going after That Promotion.
Chapter 5: It’s All in the Details.
Chapter 6: Mistakes That Should Not Be Made on Your Resume.
Chapter 7: Putting the Pieces Together.
Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Maladies.
Chapter 9: Who Needs to Know?.
Chapter 10: Why Can’t They All Just Get Along?.
Chapter 11: One Last Thing Before You Die of Boredom.
Part 3 How to Become That Annoying Person Who Critiques Others.
Chapter 12: From Santa and Beyond: The Different Types of Clauses.
Chapter 13: The Study of Phraseology.
Chapter 14: These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things.
Chapter 15: Tips to Tip the Grammar Scale in Your Favor.
Chapter 16: Some Final Thoughts.
Index.
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