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Biff
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:59 pm
Post subject: English Grammar for Native English Speaker |
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I'm trying to find a good guide to English grammar that is designed for
the native speaker of English. Like most of those whose first language
is English, I don't really know the rules of English grammar - beyond
the very basic. I need something that has practice exercises with an
answer key. I need to be able to identify a "linking verb phrase", an
"action verb phrase", the adjectives and adverbs - and be able to tell
the difference between the two. Thanks in advance to anyone who can
help.
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:34 am
Post subject: Re: English Grammar for Native English Speaker |
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Biff wrote:
| Quote: | I'm trying to find a good guide to English grammar that is designed
for the native speaker of English. Like most of those whose first
language is English, I don't really know the rules of English grammar
- beyond the very basic. I need something that has practice
exercises with an answer key. I need to be able to identify a
"linking verb phrase", an "action verb phrase", the adjectives and
adverbs - and be able to tell the difference between the two. Thanks
in advance to anyone who can help.
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There'd be a different answer if you need to know because you're taking
up ESOL teaching; but if you *aren*'*t* the Teach Yourself series are
sound:
http://www.teachyourself.co.uk/lengGr.htm
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Penguin_X
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:55 am
Post subject: Re: English Grammar for Native English Speaker |
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Biff wrote:
| Quote: | I'm trying to find a good guide to English grammar that is designed for
the native speaker of English. Like most of those whose first language
is English, I don't really know the rules of English grammar - beyond
the very basic. I need something that has practice exercises with an
answer key. I need to be able to identify a "linking verb phrase", an
"action verb phrase", the adjectives and adverbs - and be able to tell
the difference between the two. Thanks in advance to anyone who can
help.
You're french right ? |
--
/*
* This function is used through-out the kernel (includeinh mm and fs)
* to indicate a major problem.
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
volatile void panic(const char * s)
{
printk("Kernel panic: %s\n\r",s);
for(; ;
}
- Penguin_X
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Biff Loman
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:00 am
Post subject: Re: English Grammar for Native English Speaker |
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No. If I were, I wouldn't have said that my first language is English.
That is, my native tongue, my Mother Tongue - however you want to put
it. What I was trying to say was that I didn't want an English grammar
that is designed for those learning English as a second language. Most
of the books on English grammar out there seem to be of that type.
Btw, I can't believe that on this newsgroup of all newsgroups you'd
leave a proper noun uncapitalized.
Penguin_X wrote:
| Quote: | Biff wrote:
I'm trying to find a good guide to English grammar that is designed for
the native speaker of English. Like most of those whose first language
is English, I don't really know the rules of English grammar - beyond
the very basic. I need something that has practice exercises with an
answer key. I need to be able to identify a "linking verb phrase", an
"action verb phrase", the adjectives and adverbs - and be able to tell
the difference between the two. Thanks in advance to anyone who can
help.
You're french right ?
--
/*
* This function is used through-out the kernel (includeinh mm and fs)
* to indicate a major problem.
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h
volatile void panic(const char * s)
{
printk("Kernel panic: %s\n\r",s);
for(;;
}
- Penguin_X |
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Pavel314
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:51 am
Post subject: Re: English Grammar for Native English Speaker |
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"Biff" <biff_loman9@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1126443577.371548.190690@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | I'm trying to find a good guide to English grammar that is designed for
the native speaker of English. Like most of those whose first language
is English, I don't really know the rules of English grammar - beyond
the very basic. I need something that has practice exercises with an
answer key. I need to be able to identify a "linking verb phrase", an
"action verb phrase", the adjectives and adverbs - and be able to tell
the difference between the two. Thanks in advance to anyone who can
help.
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I never fully understood English grammar until I took Latin in high school.
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Tor
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| Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:36 pm
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"Pavel314" <Pavel314@NOSPAM.comcast.net> averred thusly in
news:BdudndcFu4gz27TeRVn-hw@comcast.com:
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I never fully understood English grammar until I took Latin in high
school.
Paul
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Ditto. Learn a foreign language or two, and then you'll understand a lot
more about English grammar.
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