Anne is also recurring. Anne Curzan is great in her research study of etymology and also the background of language. My largest takeaway: language usage is fluid! There are use overviews that provide suggestions, but what serves as well as inappropriate in grammar shifts as well as change just as the method we speak changes and modifications.
Also: we are quite smart to understand English! Grammar Unit - Grammar Unit English 9. Grammar le Chinese --L Cheng Verb perfective aspect , or completed action It marks the completeness of an action; Position : after verb Verb Grammar - Unit 19 Grammar Warming up Look carefully at the change between underlined nouns and verbs. What are the rules?
Unit 19 Grammar Warming up Look carefully at the change between underlined nouns and verbs. English II - Then state that theme in a universal statement. Novel WED. Then state that theme in a universal statement. Grammar Introduction - Grammar Introduction What is grammar? What is grammar? Prescriptive grammar deals with what is correct or incorrect [English] is taught so bloody badly Grammar Introduction What is grammar?
We have see them listening to radio programs on their dormitory bed, studying the dictionary in the back of the classroom, and completing grammar exercises in the cafeteria. How to improve English speaking? And How to Speak English Fluently?
This very review, up through the previous sentence, is filled with grammar and punctuation that defies some conventional rules, yet falls into the category of modern acceptable usage.
Curzan explains those distinctions, with particular focus on those words and rules that tend to trip us up the most, such as: That rule about never ending a sentence with a proposition Apostrophes, dashes, semicolons, and the oxford comma Who, whom, pronoun agreement, and all the other prounoun issues that trip us up Which vs. Passive voice Adverbs Conjunctives Dangling modifiers etc. She will often stop short of declaring that a common usage is correct or incorrect, but will point out that if you make certain choices -- particularly in writing -- prepare to be judged.
It's a unique, refreshing, and entertaining approach to grammar study. Highly recommended for the usage nerd in us all. I don't believe any native English speaker would benefit from listening to this.
I was looking for material to help me improve my writing, but this is far from able to help me do so. After 6 hours of listening the only useful point was the use of "less" vs "fewer" as it pertains to items. I was hoping for more of a writing theory than a bunch of anecdotes, and I won't waste another 6 hours to hear more of them. Lecturer provides no prescriptive guidance. She provides justification for almost every type of usage, under the pretense that the commonly accepted rule is out of date or the rules have relaxed over time.
What is the point of a boot camp if you don't set any rules of the road? This course is beyond basic. It only spends a very little time explaining the different components of grammar — Most of the lecture series is about acceptable usage of English, and assumes a reasonable amount of prior familiarity with grammatical terminology, rather than being a basic description of how grammar works. It deals with all the old chestnuts - like split infinitives, prepositions at the end of a sentence, dangling modifiers, double negatives and apostrophes, but the take-home message from this book is that these issues are rarely black-and-white.
Is it always wrong to put a preposition at the end of a sentence? We can search these to see if a particular construction is acceptable.
If a large body of educated writers are splitting their infinitives, it must be OK. Finally, we can consult the online Usage Panel, a group of experts who are surveyed annually to gauge the acceptability of particular usages and grammatical constructions. Usually it will only provide a guide to what would be better stylistically, and this will depend on the context. Obviously you can get away with a lot more in casual conversation than you could in formal writing.
It was fascinating to explore these different issues and get a better insight into how the language works. From now on, this will give me more confidence to write with. This is NOT a grammar boot camp. It is the meandering thoughts of a linguistics professor on various points of grammar.
Wandering, directionless, not instructive on grammar. Her presentation would lead one to believe there are very few actual rules of grammar. I bought this hoping to learn how to improve my grammar as I have never had formal teaching.
I was so disappointed to hear lecture after lecture about how everything is ok. Any thing we think is poor grammar is supported. Not helpful at all. It was as if I had gone back to my primary school days.
I will be listening again and again. What did you like best about English Grammar Boot Camp? What did you like least? There is much to like in this course. Professor Curzan speaks well and has an obvious passion for novel words and usage, primarily from the US. Unfortunately that passion is where most of the course's emphasis lies.
The first two hours felt like an extended introduction saying "Don't be too prescriptive. The overall content, and Professor Curzan's tendency to labour a point for far too long the lengthy section on double negatives comes to mind. How does this one compare? Who would the stars be? The course is understandably focused on US English. Given the heavy emphasis on new words and usage, a British English speaker could find the content disappointing. Although the lecturer is American, this didn't detract from the usefulness.
Clarified some areas of English grammar and exposed a lot of myths. It was particularly interesting to see how popularity of words changes over time and new words enter the language. This book has contextualised and explained grammar to me in a more effective way than any teacher I've ever had.
I recommend this course to anyone who dreaded grammar lessons as a child, or anyone who wishes to explore grammar in more depth. The content of this audiobook is everything I hoped it would be: an in-depth analysis of English grammar presented in a relatable manner.
Mrs Martin. Thank you for making the journey less tedious for them. It is particularly useful having sections for different concepts, so that the children are able to handpick the areas that they need most support with.
Mr Porthouse. Mrs Phillips. The children always love whatever I use. I would recommend Boot Camp to any teacher without hesitation. Ms Williams. FAQs for Teachers. Do you offer a free trial? Search for a digital library with this title Search by city, ZIP code, or library name Learn more about precise location detection.
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