No Stinkin Grammar

Author : Joseph M. Nixon
Publisher : Author House
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781463401931

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No Stinkin' Grammar by Joseph M. Nixon Pdf

Written from an Anthropological viewpoint, No Stinkin Grammar presents a humorous and sometimes satirical consideration of rules and exceptions in modern English. Beginning with the familiar sentence diagram and proceeding through the intricacies of use and misuse of modern English, it details frequently confusing and often contradictory applications of our language. Not offering a text on grammar or syntax it considers such elements of modern English as Wikipedia, silent letters, the origins and history of modern usage, spelling versus spoken English, the spelling bee, oxymorons, homonyms, Post It notes, cursive script, and other interesting features of American (US) English. Interesting to Teachers and students alike, it examines our language not from its core but at its perimeter where the rules are often fuzzy and even contradictory. It provides and amusing look at the language we share.

Author : Joseph M. Nixon Ph. D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781665545617

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No Stinkin’ Grammar Ii by Joseph M. Nixon Ph. D. Pdf

The Author’s work reflects researching the intricacies of the English language. The section about spelling reinforces the point that learning to spell words is a matter of memorization, given the immense number of exceptions to every rule of spelling. One cannot simply spell a word by using the letters that one hears when saying the word. English is an exceptionally difficult language both to learn and to teach, as clearly pointed out in both No Stinkin’ Grammar I and the current volume. I urge English teachers to read these books, not only for further knowledge of the English language, but also to remind themselves that the teaching of English grammar, writing, and spelling is a monumental and essential task. No Stinkin’ Grammar II delves deeply into the intricacies of the English language. The Author’s insight is presented in an easy-to-read, sometimes humorous approach. He presents information from the viewpoint of a writer who is challenged by the “stinkin’ grammar” of the exceptional English language.

Author : Joseph M. Nixon Ph. D.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1665545623

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No Stinkin' Grammar Ii by Joseph M. Nixon Ph. D. Pdf

The Author's work reflects researching the intricacies of the English language. The section about spelling reinforces the point that learning to spell words is a matter of memorization, given the immense number of exceptions to every rule of spelling. One cannot simply spell a word by using the letters that one hears when saying the word. English is an exceptionally difficult language both to learn and to teach, as clearly pointed out in both No Stinkin' Grammar I and the current volume. I urge English teachers to read these books, not only for further knowledge of the English language, but also to remind themselves that the teaching of English grammar, writing, and spelling is a monumental and essential task. No Stinkin' Grammar II delves deeply into the intricacies of the English language. The Author's insight is presented in an easy-to-read, sometimes humorous approach. He presents information from the viewpoint of a writer who is challenged by the "stinkin' grammar" of the exceptional English language.

Author : Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027288622

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An Introduction to the Grammar of English by Elly van Gelderen Pdf

It has been eight years since An Introduction to the Grammar of English was first published. The second edition is completely revised and greatly expanded, especially where texts, example sentences, exercises, and cartoons are concerned. It continues to provide a very lively and clearly written textbook. The book introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which inspires the reader to use linguistic arguments. The style of the book is engaging and examples from poetry, jokes, and puns illustrate grammatical concepts. The focus is on syntactic analysis and evidence. However, special topic sections contribute sociolinguistic and historical reasons behind prescriptive rules such as the bans on split infinitives, dangling participles, and preposition stranding. The book is written for undergraduate students and structured for a semester-long course. It provides exercises, keys to those exercises, and sample exams. It also includes a comprehensive glossary. A basic website will be kept up at http://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/grammar.htm.

Author : Joseph M. Nixon
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781524650421

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The Back 40 by Joseph M. Nixon Pdf

Recalling an early upbringing in rural Illinois, the author relates the natural and academic influences on his philosophy beginning as a boy, including hunting, trapping, farming, and living in a small Midwestern community. The people, places, and events characteristic of small town life are recalled with a flair toward humor and an appreciation of times less hectic. Saturday night fish-fry gatherings, oiling the local streets, hunting, gathering natural resources, a myriad of other events comprising the fabric of small-town life intertwine in a story of individual development.

Author : Roberto Pieraccini
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262300773

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The Voice in the Machine by Roberto Pieraccini Pdf

An examination of more than sixty years of successes and failures in developing technologies that allow computers to understand human spoken language. Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey famously featured HAL, a computer with the ability to hold lengthy conversations with his fellow space travelers. More than forty years later, we have advanced computer technology that Kubrick never imagined, but we do not have computers that talk and understand speech as HAL did. Is it a failure of our technology that we have not gotten much further than an automated voice that tells us to “say or press 1”? Or is there something fundamental in human language and speech that we do not yet understand deeply enough to be able to replicate in a computer? In The Voice in the Machine, Roberto Pieraccini examines six decades of work in science and technology to develop computers that can interact with humans using speech and the industry that has arisen around the quest for these technologies. He shows that although the computers today that understand speech may not have HAL's capacity for conversation, they have capabilities that make them usable in many applications today and are on a fast track of improvement and innovation. Pieraccini describes the evolution of speech recognition and speech understanding processes from waveform methods to artificial intelligence approaches to statistical learning and modeling of human speech based on a rigorous mathematical model—specifically, Hidden Markov Models (HMM). He details the development of dialog systems, the ability to produce speech, and the process of bringing talking machines to the market. Finally, he asks a question that only the future can answer: will we end up with HAL-like computers or something completely unexpected?

Author : Rishma Dunlop,Daniel Scott Tysdal,Priscila Uppal
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781459741706

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Writing Creative Writing by Rishma Dunlop,Daniel Scott Tysdal,Priscila Uppal Pdf

Essential and engaging essays about the joys and challenges of creative writing and teaching creative writing by a host of Canada’s leading writers.

Author : David Petersen
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1555662730

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Writing Naturally by David Petersen Pdf

The author recommends the autodidactic method, wherein the perpetual student reads as a writer, practices craft in a focused manner, revises tirelessly, and garners informed, objective criticism about his or her work. Toward these ends Petersen's topics include journal writing, research, titles, openings and closings, tense and person, voice, revision, and workshops.

Author : Joanne Feierman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995-09-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780684807805

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Action Grammar by Joanne Feierman Pdf

If terms like "transitive verb," "objective case," and "dangling participle" make your eyes glaze over, this book is for you. The only grammar guide to recognize that most adults have forgotten all the rules they learned in school, Action Grammar focuses on what you need to know to speak and write correctly in business and in everyday life. Organized to give you fast, easy answers to the questions that come up most often, Action Grammar features useful exercises to help you sort out the more puzzling points of spoken and written English, as well as dozens of up-to-date examples of correct (and incorrect) usage, from where to put a comma to when to use "me" rather than "I." For everyone who wants to use the right word in the right place, punctuate properly, and spell correctly, here's a must-have reference that will do wonders for your command of the language.

Author : Edith Hope Fine,Judith Pinkerton Josephson
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781580082280

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More Nitty-Gritty Grammar by Edith Hope Fine,Judith Pinkerton Josephson Pdf

Who or whom? Lay or lie? Conjunction, pronoun, predicate, or gerund? If such questions and terms leave you scratching your head, you need the hip and fun follow-up to NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR. With a new, easy-to-use alphabetical format and the same winning formula of wacky cartoons, off-the-wall examples, and catchy reminders, MORE NITTY-GRITTY GRAMMAR will help you sidestep common bloopers, untangle your malapropisms, secure those dangling modifiers, and teach you to speak and write with clarity and confidence.

Author : Mignon Fogarty
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781466825185

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Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time by Mignon Fogarty Pdf

Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 40 million times. Now she's turning her attention to solving your worst problems—one troublesome word at a time. Are you feeling "all right" or "alright"? Does "biweekly" mean twice a week or every two weeks? Do you run a gauntlet or a gantlet? Is a pair of twins four people or two? The English language is always changing, and that means we are left with words and phrases that are only sort of wrong (or worse, have different definitions depending on where you look them up). How do you know which to use? Grammar Girl to the rescue! This handy reference guide contains the full 411 on 101 words that have given you trouble before—but will never again. Full of clear, straightforward definitions and fun quotations from pop culture icons such as Gregory House and J. K. Rowling, as well as from classical writers such as Mark Twain and Benjamin Franklin, this highly-useable guidebook takes the guesswork out of your writing, so you'll never be at a loss for words again.

Author : Terri Cheney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439176245

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The Dark Side of Innocence by Terri Cheney Pdf

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Manic: A Memoir" comes a gripping and eloquent account of the awakening and unfolding of Cheney's bipolar disorder.

Author : Giacomo Giammatteo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1949074048

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No Mistakes Grammar Bites, Volume VIII by Giacomo Giammatteo Pdf

It seems as if many dictionaries and books on grammar do their best to confuse people. Words and explanations are defined using grammatical terminology that is difficult to understand; in fact, if you knew that terminology, you probably wouldn't have to look up the words to begin with.

Author : Giacomo Giammatteo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1949074064

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No Mistakes Grammar Bites, Volume IX by Giacomo Giammatteo Pdf

It seems as if many dictionaries and books on grammar do their best to confuse people. Words and explanations are defined using grammatical terminology that is difficult to understand; in fact, if you knew that terminology, you probably wouldn't have to look up the words to begin with.

Author : Edith Hope Fine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : English language
ISBN : 0439692113

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Nitty-gritty Grammar by Edith Hope Fine Pdf