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The Grammar Geek – 2nd edition

Author : Ryan Fisher
Publisher : Editions JFD
ISBN 13 : 2897996293
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book The Grammar Geek – 2nd edition written by Ryan Fisher and published by Editions JFD. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can learning grammar be instructive and entertaining? To anyone who has encountered the Grammar Geek, the answer is a resounding well, of course it can! Denis Lacroix is a student from Quebec who is working for the summer as a waiter at the Banff Springs Hotel in the Rocky Mountains. Paul Syme is an English linguistics professor who engages Denis in a conversation about language while relaxing in the hotel’s lounge one afternoon. Through a series of daily lessons, Denis learns from Mr. Syme, a.k.a. the Grammar Geek, how to become more accurate in the following areas: • The past, present, future, and perfect verb forms • The modals can, could, may, might, must, etc. • Adjectives, adverbs and word order • Nouns and pronouns • The Genitive • Determiners • Prepositions and phrasal verbs • Conditionals • Active and passive voice • Sentence structure Rather than present grammar in a dull and flavorless way, the Geek shows Denis the path to grammatical wisdom with meaningful examples and relevant comparisons to French. Through their conversations, Denis is exposed to the mistakes that Francophones tend to make and the reasons underlying these mistakes. He also realizes that when grammar is taught in an understandable and humorous manner, learning it can be rewarding and actually fun – yes… fun! Included in the book is a variety of practice exercises including gap-fill, multiple choice, translation and contextualization.

The Grammar Geek

Author : Ryan Fisher
Publisher : Editions JFD
ISBN 13 : 2897990031
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book The Grammar Geek written by Ryan Fisher and published by Editions JFD. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can learning grammar be instructive and entertaining? To anyone who has encountered the Grammar Geek, the answer is a resounding well, of course it can! Denis Lacroix is a student from Quebec who is working for the summer as a waiter at the Banff Springs Hotel in the Rocky Mountains. Paul Syme is an English linguistics professor who engages Denis in a conversation about language while relaxing in the hotel’s lounge one afternoon. Through a series of daily lessons, Denis learns from Mr. Syme, a.k.a. the Grammar Geek, how to become more accurate in the following areas: The past, present, future, and perfect verb forms The modals can, could, may, might, must, etc. Adjectives, adverbs and word order Nouns and pronouns The GenitiveDeterminers Prepositions and phrasal verbs Conditionals Active and passive voice Sentence structure Rather than present grammar in a dull and flavorless way, the Geek shows Denis the path to grammatical wisdom with meaningful examples and relevant comparisons to French. Through their conversations, Denis is exposed to the mistakes that Francophones tend to make and the reasons underlying these mistakes. He also realizes that when grammar is taught in an understandable and humorous manner, learning it can be rewarding and actually fun – yes … fun! Included in the book is a variety of practice exercises including gap-fill, multiple choice, translation and contextualization.

Grammar Geek

Author : Michael Powell
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1788402049
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Grammar Geek written by Michael Powell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English is full of beauty and surprises, yet despite being the lingua franca of the globalization world, it has a reputation for being difficult to learn because its grammar has also so many quirks and contradictions. Did you know: - "Terry loves yogurt" is an example of illeism - preposition stranding is a bogus rule - sometimes it's acceptable to begin a sentence with "but" or "and" - "Could you pass the salt?" is "whimperative" - it's OK to boldly split infinitives Many of us don't even know the basics, so not only does Grammar Geek reveal obscure grammar rules and bogus ones you can safely ignore, it's also a handy primer, so in the future you'll have no excuse for dangling a modifier or misplacing a semicolon.

Grammar Geek

Author : Michael Powell
Publisher : Cassell Illustrated
ISBN 13 : 9781788402002
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Grammar Geek written by Michael Powell and published by Cassell Illustrated. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English is full of beauty and surprises, yet despite being the lingua franca of the globalized world, it has a reputation for being difficult to learn because its grammar has so many quirks and contradictions. Many of us don't even know the basics, so not only does this book reveal obscure grammar rules and bogus ones you can safely ignore, it's also a handy primer, so in future you'll have no excuse for dangling a modifier or misplacing a semicolon.

Even a Geek Can Speak

Author : Joey Asher
Publisher : Persuasive Speaker Press
ISBN 13 : 0978577604
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book Even a Geek Can Speak written by Joey Asher and published by Persuasive Speaker Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're seeking investors for the latest start-up or simply looking for that competitive edge, this book will help you articulate and sell the complex ideas that dominate our technology-driven business environment.

Word Nerd

Author : John D Williams, Jr
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0871407736
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Word Nerd written by John D Williams, Jr and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this zany, one-of-a-kind memoir, former executive director of the National SCRABBLE Association John D. Williams Jr. brings to life the obsessions, madness, and glory of the SCRABBLE® culture—from living-room players to world champions. Beginning his career on a lark as a freelance contributor to SCRABBLE News, John D. Williams fell down a rabbit hole inhabited by gamers, geeks, and the grammar police. For twenty-five years, as the executive director of the National SCRABBLE Association, Williams served as the official spokesperson for the game, and as the middleman between legions of fanatical word-game fans and the official brand. Now Word Nerd takes readers inside the byzantine, dog-eat-dog world of top tournament players, creating a piquant (seven-letter word, 68 points!) work that is part pop-cultural history, part anthropological study. Indeed, what Christopher Guest did for the world of dog shows in his film Best in Show, Williams does for the world of competitive word games in this funny and perfectly observed memoir. As readers will discover, Word Nerd explores anagrams, palindromes, the highest-scoring SCRABBLE plays of all time, the birth of the World SCRABBLE Championship, as well as many of the more colorful figures that inhabit this subculture. Die-hard word fans will find invaluable tips on how top players see their boards and racks to come up with the best play, how they prepare, and the psychology of tournament competition. Those uninitiated in the mysteries of SCRABBLE mania will find a delightful, madcap memoir about all the fun people have with language and how words shape our lives and culture in unexpected ways. Whether reminiscing about past national champions, detailing the controversy over efforts to purge the Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary of all offensive words, opining on the number of vowelless words that are allowable (cmw for a Welsh deep-walled basin or nth for the ultimate degree), noting how long it takes a word to get into a dictionary, or explaining why there remain more male than female champions, Williams crafts a loving tribute to words and the games people play with them. Word Nerd will fascinate both amateurs and seasoned experts alike.

Word Nerd

Author : Michael Powell
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9781788402019
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Word Nerd written by Michael Powell and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English language is full of beauty and surprises. If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't averse to a peppering of persiflage! Did you know: - pilots and air traffic controllers at major air international airports have to speak English - the hashtag symbol is an "octothorpe" - "bumfiddle" means to spoil a piece of paper or document - the word "noon" originally meant 3pm; the literal meaning of "bamboozle" is to make a baboon out of someone. This book contains a boatload of things you didn't know about the English language and it's a guaranteed prolix-free zone.

Dreyer's English

Author : Benjamin Dreyer
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812995716
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Dreyer's English written by Benjamin Dreyer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • Paste • Shelf Awareness “Essential (and delightful!)”—People We all write, all the time: books, blogs, emails. Lots and lots of emails. And we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help. As Random House’s copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike—not to mention his followers on social media—for deconstructing the English language with playful erudition. Now he distills everything he has learned from the myriad books he has copyedited and overseen into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward. As authoritative as it is amusing, Dreyer’s English offers lessons on punctuation, from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en dash; the rules and nonrules of grammar, including why it’s OK to begin a sentence with “And” or “But” and to confidently split an infinitive; and why it’s best to avoid the doldrums of the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers, including “very,” “rather,” “of course,” and the dreaded “actually.” Dreyer will let you know whether “alright” is all right (sometimes) and even help you brush up on your spelling—though, as he notes, “The problem with mnemonic devices is that I can never remember them.” And yes: “Only godless savages eschew the series comma.” Chockful of advice, insider wisdom, and fun facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to everyone who wants to shore up their writing skills, mandatory for people who spend their time editing and shaping other people’s prose, and—perhaps best of all—an utter treat for anyone who simply revels in language. Praise for Dreyer’s English “Playful, smart, self-conscious, and personal . . . One encounters wisdom and good sense on nearly every page of Dreyer’s English.”—The Wall Street Journal “Destined to become a classic.”—The Millions “Dreyer can help you . . . with tips on punctuation and spelling. . . . Even better: He’ll entertain you while he’s at it.”—Newsday

Geek Sublime

Author : Vikram Chandra
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1555973264
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book Geek Sublime written by Vikram Chandra and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nonfiction debut from the author of the international bestseller Sacred Games about the surprising overlap between writing and computer coding Vikram Chandra has been a computer programmer for almost as long as he has been a novelist. In this extraordinary new book, his first work of nonfiction, he searches for the connections between the worlds of art and technology. Coders are obsessed with elegance and style, just as writers are, but do the words mean the same thing to both? Can we ascribe beauty to the craft of writing code? Exploring such varied topics as logic gates and literary modernism, the machismo of tech geeks, the omnipresence of an "Indian Mafia" in Silicon Valley, and the writings of the eleventh-century Kashmiri thinker Abhinavagupta, Geek Sublime is both an idiosyncratic history of coding and a fascinating meditation on the writer's art. Part literary essay, part technology story, and part memoir, it is an engrossing, original, and heady book of sweeping ideas.

Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies

Author : June Casagrande
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0143036831
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies written by June Casagrande and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do suicidal pandas, doped-up rock stars, and a naked Pamela Anderson have in common? They’re all a heck of a lot more interesting than reading about predicate nominatives and hyphens. June Casagrande knows this and has invented a whole new twist on the grammar book. Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies is a laugh-out-loud funny collection of anecdotes and essays on grammar and punctuation, as well as hilarious critiques of the self-appointed language experts. Chapters include: I’m Writing This While Naked—The Oh-So Steamy Predicate Nominative Semicolonoscopy—Colons, Semicolons, Dashes, and Other Probing Annoyances I’ll Take "I Feel Like a Moron" for $200, Alex—When to Put Punctuation Inside Quotation Marks Snobbery Up with Which You Should Not Put Up—Prepositions Is That a Dangler in Your Memo or Are You Just Glad to See Me? Hyphens—Life-Sucking, Mom-and-Apple-Pie-Hating, Mime-Loving, Nerd-Fight-Inciting Daggers of the Damned Casagrande delivers practical and fun language lessons not found anywhere else, demystifying the subject and taking it back from the snobs. In short, it’s a grammar book people will actually want to read—just for the fun of it.

Grammar for Babies, Book 1

Author : Shaene Siders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942028017
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Grammar for Babies, Book 1 written by Shaene Siders and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes a wonderful geek baby gift for your favorite new parents! Grammar for Babies is a delightful series for babies, kids, and adults alike. Explore the possibilities of better grammar with fun characters like Carlos the Comma and Wendy the Word. Refresh your memory while you spend time with your child. Even when the kids aren't around, you may find yourself reading from this series to strengthen your own writing habits. In this book, hang out with Carlos for a fun day on the job. Learn ways to properly use commas and how to avoid common comma mistakes. This book is also great for English as a Second Language (ESL) learners of all ages. Please note: for your favorite big kid, you may also get a version of this book without the Grammar for Babies logo. Don't miss the reviews on that edition! It's the same book with a different title to appeal to older children and encourage literacy for them, too. http: //www.tinyurl.com/CarlosTheComma

Lapsing Into a Comma

Author : Bill Walsh
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071389921
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Lapsing Into a Comma written by Bill Walsh and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2000-05-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page-bent copy of the AP Stylebook. However, this not-so-easy-to-use reference of journalistic style is often not up-to-date and leaves reporters and copyeditors unsatisfied. Bill Walsh, copy chief for the Washington Post's business desk, addresses these shortcomings in Lapsing into a Comma. In an opinionated, humorous, and yes, curmudgeonly way, he shows how to apply the basic rules to unique, modern grammar issues. Walsh explains how to deal with perplexing situations such as trendy words, foreign terms, and web speak.

The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl

Author : Mignon Fogarty
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1250908949
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl written by Mignon Fogarty and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition of the classic tip-a-day grammar guide from New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Grammar Girl podcast, Mignon Fogarty. One hundred million podcast downloads say it all: Mignon Fogarty's kicky, practical, and easy-to-remember advice about style and usage has won her fans around the globe. Her first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been hailed by USA Today as "authoritative but warm." Here in tip-a-day form, Grammar Girl offers 365 lessons on language that are sure to inspire. Chock-full of bite-sized writing tips, fun quizzes, and efficient memory tricks, The Grammar Daily gives you the tools you need to improve your grammar and become an even better communicator, one day at a time. This revised edition of the book, previously published as The Grammar Devotional, has been updated throughout with new lessons and revised content to reflect shifting concerns in style and usage since initial publication.

Word Court

Author : Barbara Wallraff
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544109937
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Word Court written by Barbara Wallraff and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “witty and accessible” bestseller by the Atlantic Monthly editor who rules on linguistic disputes (San Francisco Chronicle). Atlantic Monthly senior editor Barbara Wallraff first began answering grammar questions on AOL in the 1990s, and the site’s success soon morphed into a regular magazine feature. In Word Court, Wallraff moves beyond her column to preside over common and uncommon cases, establishing rules for such issues as turns of phrase, slang, name usage, punctuation, and newly coined vocabulary. With true wit, she deliberates and decides on the right path for lovers of language, ranging from classic questions (is “a historical” or “an historical” correct?) to awkward issues (How long does someone have to be dead before we should all stop calling her “the late”?). The result is a warmly humorous, reassuring, and brilliantly perceptive tour of how and why we speak the way we do. “A logophile’s delight.” —San Diego Union-Tribune “Her approach to language is a beguiling mix of charm and research” —USA Today

Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students

Author : Mignon Fogarty
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1429966661
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students written by Mignon Fogarty and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named to the International Reading Association's 2012 Teachers' Choice book list Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students is a complete and comprehensive guide to all things grammar from Grammar Girl, a.k.a. Mignon Fogarty, whose popular podcasts have been downloaded over twenty million times and whose first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, was a New York Times bestseller. For beginners to more advanced students, this guide covers it all: the parts of speech, sentences, and punctuation are all explained clearly and concisely with the warmth, wit, and accessibility Grammar Girl is known for. Pop quizzes are scattered throughout to reinforce the explanations, as well as Grammar Girl's trademark Quick and Dirty Tips—easy and fun memory tricks to help with those challenging rules. Complete with a writing style chapter and a guide to the different kinds of writing—everything from school papers to letter writing to e-mails—this guide is sure to become the one-stop, essential book on every student's desk.

Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Author : Mignon Fogarty
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429977493
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing written by Mignon Fogarty and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestseller Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using "who" when a "whom" is called for? Do you avoid the words "affect" and "effect" altogether? Grammar Girl is here to help! 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. A couple of years ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. The podcasts have now been downloaded more than twenty million times, 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. Written with the wit, warmth, and accessibility that the podcasts are known for, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing covers the grammar rules and word-choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers. From "between vs. among" and "although vs. while" to comma splices and misplaced modifiers, Mignon offers memory tricks and clear explanations that will help readers recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules. Chock-full of tips on style, business writing, and effective e-mailing, Grammar Girl's print debut deserves a spot on every communicator's desk.

The Grammar Devotional

Author : Mignon Fogarty
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1429964405
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Grammar Devotional written by Mignon Fogarty and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of fans around the globe punctuate properly and communicate clearly thanks to Mignon Fogarty's practical and easy-to-remember advice about writing style and word usage. Her first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 100 million times and hailed by USA Today as "authoritative but warm." Now, in tip-of-the-day form, Grammar Girl serves up 365 lessons on language that are sure to inspire. Filled with new, bite-size writing tips, fun quizzes and puzzles, and efficient memory tricks, The Grammar Devotional gives you a daily dose of knowledge to improve your writing and also serves as a lasting reference you'll use for years to come.