| Title | : | The Scoop on Good Grammar |
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| ISBN | : | 0991364651 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780991364657 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 |
| Publication | : | First published November 17, 2013 |
Memorable facts and trivia, beautiful photos, and seven cultural categories make this enjoyable grammar book easy to use. Here are the seven cultural categories:
Exploration
Art and Invention
Sports
Food
Classic Movies and TV
Travel
Poetry
FROM THE INTRODUCTION
Learning should be a sweet experience. That’s why you’ll find a scoop of ice cream on the quiz pages throughout the book. You’ll also notice lots of sample words and sentences, beautiful photographs and illustrations, links to information online, practice questions, fun facts, and quizzes.
As you’ll see, this grammar book is all about culture. For example, Renoir’s LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY will guide you through the definition of a noun, and cupcakes will help you learn about adjectives.
With its comprehensive index, The Scoop on Good Grammar is easy to use. In no time at all, choosing the correct pronoun (it’s between you and me—not, between you and I) and the appropriate modifying word (it’s really sweet— not, real sweet) will become second nature to you.
Your invitations will be as welcoming as that statue that lifts her torch in the harbor:
~ Please join the Ghirardellis (not, the Ghirardelli’s) for a party!
Greeting people will become an occasion to shine:
~ How are you?
~ I’m fine, and you? (Not, I’m fine, and yourself?)
When you write, you’ll always point your readers in the right direction with proper punctuation marks.
And at the end of the day, you'll lie (not, lay) down, relax, and take pleasure in the knowledge that your prized possession—your artful way with words—has been, in its (not, it’s) own way, as beautifying to the landscape as a masterpiece by Renoir.
By the time you finish this book, you’ll be able to express yourself correctly with confidence and ease.
Are you ready to get the scoop? Great! Dig in!
• THE SCOOP is a wonderful reference for home, work, or school. It has a 9-page index.
• THE SCOOP features beautiful black-and-white photos and illustrations, fun facts, examples, practice questions, and quizzes throughout.
• THE SCOOP answers your questions about sentences and sentence fragments, the eight parts of speech (i.e., nouns, pronouns, prepositions, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, interjections, and conjunctions), and punctuation marks.
• THE SCOOP is for readers age 12 to adult.
The Scoop on Good Grammar Reviews
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To be honest, the funny cover attracted me at first. I've also wanted to improve my grammar so I've decided to have a look at this book.
Through culture, quiz or pictures, you are learning about grammar. If the lessons are made to be fun and attracted a large public from children to adults, sometimes the stories told were distracting.
I remember reading about "adjectifs and adverbs" and to stay stuck on the female version of the world "pizzaiolo".
I was asking myself why are you telling me about this?
Of course, it's a great information but it has nothing to do comparative and superlative forms the lesson was talking about.
Sure, it's a grammar book and it's not always sexy to read about grammar but it's confusing enough when you are not a native speaker to not distract me with other details.
Same with a French translation in a middle of English lessons that is not correct. I talk about "After Tour Coffee" that doesn't mean anything if you translate it literally into "Après-Tour Café". It has made me frown and focusing on the badly translated title instead of the lesson.
Don't get me wrong, the book is interesting and try to make grammar seems fun. But by wanted to be original, the author has confused and distracted me from the lessons a little to often.
Lucie
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This author does love her puns, as evidenced by the title: there’s a photo of a scoop of chocolate ice cream at the start of every chapter. Since I don’t like chocolate, good thing there’s other yummy treats too.
But despite the cuteness of the frame in each chapter—paintings, San Francisco, baseball, etc.—it’s just as dry as any other punctuation guide; it doesn’t take long to get to the point where I’d rather do something else than continue reading this, especially since I won’t be graded on it at the end of the term. I did use the link for the Rodin Museum, but the frames weren’t all that interesting in general. It’s certainly not worse than any other grammar guide, but with its (not it’s) publicity claiming “learning becomes enjoyable!” it sets expectations it doesn’t meet. -
Get out your notebooks and get ready take some notes. Whether you are brushing up your grammar skills for an exam or just simply looking to refresh your memory, this book is a decent resource. From nouns to verbs to capitalization, the brief chapters will give you definitions/ examples and leave you with a brief quiz at the end. The inclusion of places, artwork, delicious snacks and sports are a nice touch within the chapters. Ultimately, this book wasn't for me, I didn't find the layout to be very appealing and I would surely recommend other grammar books before mentioning this one (especially to a 12 yr. old).
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The scoop is a great learning tool and reference guide.
The little history lessons used as examples and added in are a great touch.
Great for use as a guide in classrooms for grammar or to brush up on your own sentence structure.
i would definitely recommend, and keep a copy on my shelf. -
Quirky and funny way of explaining grammar. It can get a bit confusing if you're already a grammar buff as the explanation type is really different, but for the grammar newbie, this is a very good one to grasp the elementals of it.
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Very helpful. Use when unsure in your compilations.
