Adventures in English syntax

by Freidin, Robert

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Full title :Adventures in English syntax / Robert Freidin.

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"An understanding of English sentence structure is a powerful, practical, and indispensable tool for anyone who wants to become a more effective writer, a more perceptive reader, and a more precise thinker. This book shows you how to begin. Using clear and engaging examples from English, it introduces the basic concepts of syntactic structure to readers with no background in linguistics. Starting with simple, familiar phrases, and progressing to more complex sentences, it builds on what we already intuitively know, to provide a step-by-step account of why we understand these examples as we do. It then shows how that understanding can be applied to writing, helping us to avoid some of the common hallmarks of 'bad writing', such as ambiguity, redundancy, and vagueness. A unique and valuable resource, this book will enrich users' understanding of English in ways that will make them more effective writers, and readers, of the language"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2019.
Edition:1

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108767774, 110876777X
oclc:on1117311648
LC Classification:PE1361
Dewey Decimal:425

1. One fish two fish: an adventure in ambiguity -- 2. Exceptional students and teachers -- 3. Introduction to Language and Linguistics -- 4. A review of a book by two philosophers -- 5. Bob is certain to succeed -- 6. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife -- 7. Does every politician who cheats instinctively lie? -- 8. Inferior defenses could then, as now, be tackled, as Vernon did at Porto Bello, Exmouth at Algiers, & Seymour at Alexandria -- Glossary -- References -- Index.