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The English Grammar ebook will help you improve your grammar skills, which will positively affect your writing and communication skills.
We all use language in some form, and most of us effortlessly combine words to effectively communicate with others. Most people find spoken communication particularly effortless, but when we start to communicate ideas in writing, more focus needs to be given to perfecting grammar. In spoken communication, we rely heavily on intonation, pauses, body language, rhythm, inflection and other cues to
understand what is being communicated to us. These cues are not available to us in written communication. Instead, we rely on punctuation and grammar to enhance our communication and reduce misunderstandings.
Grammar then, is a tool through which we can enhance communication through writing (as well as speech). Grammar provides a coherent structure for the expression of thoughts and ideas. By following grammatical rules we are able to compile logical sentences that make sense to the receiver.
Pages: 79
ISBN: 978-0-9873176-0-5
Table of Contents
Credits
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction -The components of language
Where do words come from?
Structure of words
Prefix examples
Suffix examples
Context
Parts of a sentence
Clauses
The English mindset
Chapter 2. Types of words
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
Articles
Creating plurals
Chapter 3. Punctuation
End marks (? ! . )
Commas ( )
Semicolons ( ; )
Colon ( : )
Quotation marks ( “ )
Apostrophe ( ‘ )
Hyphen
Dashes
Parentheses ( )
Brackets [ ]
Ellipses ( … )
Italics
Chapter 4. Upper and lower case, abbreviations, numbers, bullet points
Capitalisation
Headings and sub-headings
Scientific terms
Capitals with numbers
Problems with computers
Abbreviations
Using bullet points
Numbers
Chapter 5. Using words together
Sentences
Phrases
Clauses
Subject and predicate
Sentence construction
Good writing
Purpose
Paragraphs
Referencing
Types of language
Forms of language
Trouble shooting
Appendix
Distance learning and online courses
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