Smashing Grammar: A guide to improving your writing skills and avoiding common mistakes

by Craig Shrives

Have you ever sent an email and then realised you've used the wrong kind of your ? Do you hope for the best when writing loose or lose ? Are semicolons a mystery to you? Armed with Smashing Grammar , you will be able to boost your confidence, sharpen your writing skills and refine your vocabulary without breaking a sweat. Easy to navigate and packed with real-life examples, this helpful and friendly guide includes a comprehensive checklist of common pitfalls and mistakes to avoid, from knowing when to use a possessive apostrophe correctly to mastering there and their . Smashing Grammar also features an A-Z guide of grammar essentials to help bring your writing up to scratch. Each entry includes a variety of examples to illustrate the grammar rules, as well as reasons why you should care and key points to summarise. With Craig's clear-cut advice, you will struggle to find yourself getting caught out by grammar again.

Genres: Writing

256 pages, Hardcover

Published August 22, 2019

Reviews

[Mr Ogologo · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I've noticed with reading these books with certain terms is not that I'll remember every single one, but that it will increase my awareness of them and I'll notice them when going forward and be able to implement them into my existing writing style.

For example, I found the tips on conditional and non conditional sentences interesting. I think those little nuances can enable ideas to seep further into a person's mind.
I got an explanation with regards to the verb to use with the head noun which I believe I've always gotten right but never known why. Now I know the rule (the verb must always agree with the noun to the left of the word of NOT immediately to the left of the verb).
Also, the rule with the conjugation of verbs to satisfy the subject-verb agreement with collective nouns. I know a lot of these rules intuitively but it's nice to have a conscious explanation of them in case I need to help someone out or when I'm learning a foreign language.

I will be using this book as a reference book and I thought that the tips offered were very useful to help one refine their writing and tighten up certain errors committed that can trigger the more finicky readers.

[Tarek Aziz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book for learning english.

[Rochelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

A comprehensive guide to grammar with lots of examples. An invaluable resource for writers.