Batko, Ann,

When bad grammar happens to good people : how to avoid common errors in English / spine title : When bad grammar happens to good people. Ann Batko ; edited by Edward Rosenheim. - 255 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Foreword / Edward W. Rosenheim -- Introduction : how do we learn to speak correctly? -- Pretest -- Grammar review -- Chap. 1. Perplexing pronouns -- Chap. 2. Vexing verbs -- Chap. 3. Ambiguous agreements -- Chap. 4. Mangled modifiers -- Chap. 5. Problem prepositions -- Chap. 6. Confused connections -- Chap. 7. Puzzling plurals -- Chap. 8. Mixing up words that sound the same -- Chap. 9. Mixing up words that look the same -- Chap. 10. Mixing up words whose meanings are related -- Chap. 11. Made-up words -- Chap. 12. Wasteful words and infelicities -- Chap. 13. Mispronounced words -- Review tests -- Index -- About the author and editor.

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English language--Grammar--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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