Katherine Fry

Rowena Kirton

This wonderful book guides you through the perils and pitfalls [of good English]

Witty, incredibly well informed, well researched and clever

A comprehensive but light-hearted guide to grammar for the twenty-first century. 
 
Agitated about apostrophes? 
 Struggling with spelling? 
 Dithering over dangling participles? 
 Stumped by the subjunctive? 
 
 Relax. Help is at hand... 
 
 For native English speakers who realise that there is more to good English than meets the eye, but don’t know where to start; for parents struggling to explain the finer details to their kids; and for English- language students everywhere . . . this is the only book you need. 
 
 Grammar for Grown-Ups guides you through the perils, pitfalls and problematic aspects of the English language, with fun test-yourself sections all the way.

Grammar for Grown-ups

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