Benjamin Franklin Award There's no need to fear the grammar goblin.
Whether you're a high school or college student, test-prep candidate, or working professional, this guidebook offers a review of grammar that is both relevant and distilled.
A wealth of examples, charts, and engaging exercises makes The Little Gold Grammar Book an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to master those skills that will make a good writer even better.
Enjoy the benefits of your own self-paced grammar course: Grammar: A 100-question quiz focuses on the most useful areas of the big six grammar categories -- subject-verb agreement, pronoun usage, modification, parallelism, comparisons, and verb tenses.
Diction: A collection of 50-plus word pairings highlight differences among easily confused word choices.
Should we write anyone or any one .
who or whom .
may be or maybe .
toward or towards .
different from or different than? Idioms: A compilation of 200 idioms provides a convenient review of tricky grammatical phrases.
Do we write prefer x to y or prefer x over y .
in comparison to or in comparison with .
regarded as or regarded to be? Review: A selection of 30 multiple-choice problems, complete with explanations and author's notes, integrate key concepts of grammar, diction, idioms, and style.
Also included are special sections on editing tips and punctuation, American English vs.
British English, and traditional writing vs.
digital writing.
Author's bio: Brandon Royal is an award-winning writer whose educational authorship includes The Little Red Writing Book, The Little Red Writing Book Deluxe Edition, The Little Green Math Book, and The Little Blue Reasoning Book.
During his tenure working in Hong Kong for US-based Kaplan Educational Centers - a Washington Post subsidiary and the largest test-preparation organization in the world - Brandon honed his theories of teaching and education and developed a set of key learning principles to help define the basics of writing,.
| Course | Grammara 100question quiz focuses on the most useful areas of the big six grammar categories subjectverb agreement pronoun usage modification parallelism comparisons and verb tenses |
|---|---|
| Diction | A collection of 50plus word pairings highlight differences among easily confused word choices |
| Idioms | A compilation of 200 idioms provides a convenient review of tricky grammatical phrases |
| Review | A selection of 30 multiplechoice problems complete with explanations and authors notes integrate key concepts of grammar diction idioms and style |
| Author's bio | Brandon |
Maven Publishing The little gold grammar book: 40 powerful rules for clear and correct writing, paperback/brandon royal
