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Grammar: A Simple Approach to the Abstract Requirements of Writing
Well, that's one way to look at it.
To many writers, in fact, grammar poses an intimidating set of abstract dos and don’ts, with exceptions that bewilder more than enlighten. In school, many of us learned how to diagram sentences and memorized long lists of rules.
But we never learned to love grammar.
Until now.
As Charles Euchner shows in this brief how-to guide, grammar is really just a simple way to coordinate your writing. This ebook offers three simple ways to think about grammar—as a process of getting along, managing traffic, and being precise.
Euchner, the acclaimed author of Nobody Turn Me Around and “The Last Nine Innings who teaches writing at Columbia, explains just how simple grammar can be.
Using a bevy of examples––as well as more extended case studies––Euchner offers an intuitive way to think about grammar.
With this simple approach to grammar, Euchner also shows how to enliven your writing and stay on track from the start to the finish of your projects.
About the Author
Charles Euchner, an author and teacher, is the creator of The Elements of Writing.
Euchner is the author of books on the presidency ( Losing the Peace , forthcoming), civil rights ( Nobody Turn Me Around ), baseball ( The Last Nine Innings and Little League, Big Dream s), urban affairs ( Urban Policy Reconsidered and Playing the Field ), and other topics.
A long time teacher—most recently at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation—Euchner has taught writing at seminars to corporate and education clients as well as author groups.
Euchner holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University.
To many writers, in fact, grammar poses an intimidating set of abstract dos and don’ts, with exceptions that bewilder more than enlighten. In school, many of us learned how to diagram sentences and memorized long lists of rules.
But we never learned to love grammar.
Until now.
As Charles Euchner shows in this brief how-to guide, grammar is really just a simple way to coordinate your writing. This ebook offers three simple ways to think about grammar—as a process of getting along, managing traffic, and being precise.
Euchner, the acclaimed author of Nobody Turn Me Around and “The Last Nine Innings who teaches writing at Columbia, explains just how simple grammar can be.
Using a bevy of examples––as well as more extended case studies––Euchner offers an intuitive way to think about grammar.
With this simple approach to grammar, Euchner also shows how to enliven your writing and stay on track from the start to the finish of your projects.
About the Author
Charles Euchner, an author and teacher, is the creator of The Elements of Writing.
Euchner is the author of books on the presidency ( Losing the Peace , forthcoming), civil rights ( Nobody Turn Me Around ), baseball ( The Last Nine Innings and Little League, Big Dream s), urban affairs ( Urban Policy Reconsidered and Playing the Field ), and other topics.
A long time teacher—most recently at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation—Euchner has taught writing at seminars to corporate and education clients as well as author groups.
Euchner holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University.
57 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 10, 2012
About the author
Charles Euchner
76 books15 followersCharles Euchner is the author or editor of eight books. He teaches writing at Yale University and was the founding executive director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard University.
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