The Mountain Man’s Field Guide to Grammar A Fearless Adventure in Grammar Style and Usage 1st Edition by Gary Spina ISBN 1402207409 978-1402207402
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ISBN 10:1402207409
ISBN 13:978-1402207402
Author:Gary Spina
“The Mountain Man’s Field Guide to Grammar” is the brainchild of a man who loved to write, but hated learning the rules.”
Samuel G. Freedman, the New York Times
A Fearless Adventure in Grammar, Style, and Usage
Conquer new frontiers with this fresh & outrageous take on grammar! The Mountain Man’s Field Guide to Grammar – with its fresh, witty, and humorous style – turns the stuffy old grammar book format on its head, delightfully reminding you that grammar can actually be fun.
Whether you are a writer, professional, student, or just an adventurous soul, The Mountain Man’s Field Guide to Grammar is the perfect trail guide to lead you safely through the tangles and gorges of the grammar wilderness.
Seasoned throughout with colorful stories, clever anecdotes, and offbeat words of wisdom, The Mountain Man’s Field Guide to Grammar relives the rollicking, riotous days of the old West and the long-lost lore of the mountain man.
Mount up, and keep a sharp eye. Keep your steel keen and your powder dry. Where we go, few follow.
“In writing this book, I have attempted to make each line of text, each rule of grammar, and each example fresh and new and original. But a noun is a noun and a verbal is a verbal, and festooning them in gaudy finery can neither add nor detract from their essence. American grammar and constructionthe essential stuffis staid and stately, elegant, sensuous, raw, and beautiful.”
Gary Spina
Table of contents:
Preface: The Mountain Man
The Horse before the Travois: Parts of Speech and the Basic Sentence
Dogs and Ponies Pulling the Travois: Identifying Sentence Elements
The Way the Stick Floats: Subject-Verb Agreement
Civilizing Nouns, Verbs, and Other Wild Things
The Ha’r of the B’ar: Mastering the Wily Pronoun
Loading Your Packhorse: Moody Verbs and More of the Advanced Stuff
Counting Coup: Modifying and Modulating with Adjectives and Adverbs
The Tamed Cougar and the Domesticated Mountain Man: Encountering the Elusive Verbal
My Stick Floats with Yours: Conjunctions and Transitions
Claws of the Clause, Forays of the Phrase: Subduing Clauses and Phrases
Smoke Signals: Style and Wile
Usage and Stuff to Make Others Think You’re Smart: The Fancy, Foofaraw Stuff
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