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How Good is Your Grammar?: 101 Quiz Questions - the Ultimate Test to Bring You Up to Scratch
John Sutherland
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Paperback. The ultimate test of grammar rules - the grammar book serialised in the Times feature 'Grammar for Grown-ups'. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
John Sutherland, one of Britain's most celebrated professors of English literature, is here to test, stretch, amuse and instruct you with his definitive quiz on all things grammatical.Why do purists insist that 'television' is wrong while telephone is correct?Was Bill Clinton taking risks with language as well as his presidency when he declared, 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman'?And can the use of 'ain't' ever be defended, especially when there's no sunshine when she's gone?This is neither a rule book nor a primer but a rollercoaster ride through the mysteries and magic of the world's greatest language. ... Read more
John Sutherland, one of Britain's most celebrated professors of English literature, is here to test, stretch, amuse and instruct you with his definitive quiz on all things grammatical.Why do purists insist that 'television' is wrong while telephone is correct?Was Bill Clinton taking risks with language as well as his presidency when he declared, 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman'?And can the use of 'ain't' ever be defended, especially when there's no sunshine when she's gone?This is neither a rule book nor a primer but a rollercoaster ride through the mysteries and magic of the world's greatest language. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
189g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780722856
SKU
V9781780722856
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99-50
About John Sutherland
John Sutherland, Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus, UCL, is the author of over 30 works of scholarship and writes, regularly, for the London and New York Times, the London Guardian and many places else (spot the solecism).
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