New Practical English Grammar: For Use in Business Colleges, Academies, Normal and High Schools, and Advanced Classes in Public Schools (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Louis L. Williams

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330387589 ISBN 13 : 9781330387580

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master practical English grammar for business and daily use. This guide offers clear rules and real‑world examples to sharpen punctuation, letter writing, and formal communication.

Whether you’re drafting business letters or polishing everyday English, this edition helps you craft precise, professional writing. It covers punctuation basics, writer etiquette, and common formats you’ll encounter in offices and classrooms.

• Plain explanations of punctuation marks and how they affect meaning


• Practical guidance for writing business letters, inquiries, and reminders


• Examples and exercises to reinforce correct structure, tone, and layout


• Tips on neatness, formatting, and avoiding common mistakes

Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone seeking clearer, more effective English in a business setting.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from New Practical English Grammar: For Use in Business Colleges, Academies, Normal and High Schools, and Advanced Classes in Public Schools

The design of this book is to present the essential features of grammar briefly enough to enable the student to complete the course of lessons in a comparatively short time, and to accompany the statements of principles with sufficient illustrative material to make the study interesting and profitable.

A feeling of dislike for the study of grammar is not uncommon with the student where his work is confined largely to rules and principles, and little opportunity or encouragement is given him to illustrate and apply the knowledge gained. The study of principles is essential and must be insisted upon, but the feeling of dislike may be changed to one of favor if the study of grammar and the study of language be made to go hand in hand, especially if the illustrations given in the book and those drawn from the student are in keeping with his best efforts in conversation and sentence making.

It is believed that when the student has selected or supplied the proper expressions called for throughout this work, he will have so exercised his power to criticise and originate, and will have so increased and corrected his vocabulary as to have made it apparent to himself that he has been a distinct and substantial gainer thereby; and it is further believed that he will have developed a liking for the study of language that will be permanent.

The plan of this book assumes some previous knowledge of the subject on the part of the student, and on account of this fact and the brief character of the work, it has been deemed advisable to place all that relates to a given part of speech in one series of lessons, an arrangement which it is thought will add greatly to the convenience of those using or referring to the book.

Some attention is given to the correction of false syntax (see note, page 17). But...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330387589
• ISBN 13: 9781330387580
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 180
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