Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
- Published by: Barron's Educational Series
- Edition: 2nd Edition August 1, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0764134361
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764134364
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 14.4 ounces
Product Description
This very approachable text combines instruction in parts of speech and sentence structure with down-to-earth examples, funny illustrations, and examination of some of the more amusing and peculiar words in the English language. A chapter on clear e-mail communication and etiquette is brand new in this edition, as are many of the author’s challenging “Brain Ticklers.” Her helpful chapter on how to edit a school paper has also been heavily revised and updated.
Barron’s popular
Painless Series of study guides for middle school and high school students offer a lighthearted, often humorous approach to their subjects, transforming details that might once have seemed boring or difficult into a series of interesting and mentally challenging ideas. Most titles in the series feature many fun-to-solve “Brain Tickler” problems with answers at the end of each chapter.
Back Cover Copy
(back cover)
PAINLESS
Grammar
Second Edition
Really. This isn’t going to hurt at all . . . If you’ve hated every grammar book you’ve ever had to open, get ready for a pleasant surprise! This book mixes parts of speech and punctuation rules with large portions of humor, down-to-earth examples of correct usage, and funny cartoon illustrations. As you learn painlessly about how to make a verb agree with its subject, or a pronoun with its antecedent, you’ll look at some of the wackier words in the English language and see how they are often misused. This new edition also gives you some handy tips on sending e-mail messages to your friends.
For Middle School and High School Students
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Barron's Painless Grammar (Barron's Painless Series) (Paperback)
What I like about this book is it's easy to use. When you need help with grammar just look it up in the handy index. Yes this is a book on "basic" grammar, but isn't that what troubles the average Joe/Jane Blow in his or her everyday writing. The beauty of this book is its simplicity. Adults can benefit from Dr. Elliot's humorous approach used to keep eigth graders from falling asleep between reading about nouns and verbs. The best way to describe this book is it's a kids version of Strunk and Whites, "Elements of Style."
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