Grammar-Land

Author: M. L. Nesbitt
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505874822
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Before the days of Schoolhouse Rock's jingles like “Conjunction Junction,” there was the playful primer "Grammar-Land," which has been teaching children (and adults in need of a refresher) the basic rules of English grammar since its first publication in 1878. In the allegorical world of Grammar-Land, the nine parts of speech—rich Mr. Noun, his useful friend Pronoun, little ragged Article, talkative Adjective, busy Dr. Verb and Adverb, perky Preposition, convenient Conjunction, and irksome Interjection—are brought to trial by Judge Grammar to settle disputes over the rules of language. Each part of speech is called in turn to take the stand, where they are questioned by Doctor Syntax and Sergeant Parsing. In the course of the amusing trial, the reader, perhaps without even realizing it, is exposed to the most important rules of grammar.

Grammar-land; Or, Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-shire ...

Author: M. L. Nesbitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Mary's Grammar

Author: Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Grammar-Land

Author: M. L. Nesbitt
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382832577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Safari Grammar

Author: Marge Truzz
Publisher: National Textbook Company
ISBN: 9780844254661
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An introduction to grammar for the beginner and the teacher.

In the Land of Invented Languages

Author: Arika Okrent
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0385529716
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
Here is the captivating story of humankind’s enduring quest to build a better language—and overcome the curse of Babel. Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon. But few people have heard of Babm, Blissymbolics, Loglan (not to be confused with Lojban), and the nearly nine hundred other invented languages that represent the hard work, high hopes, and full-blown delusions of so many misguided souls over the centuries. With intelligence and humor, Arika Okrent has written a truly original and enlightening book for all word freaks, grammar geeks, and plain old language lovers.

Defending the Holy Land

Author: Zeev Maoz
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472033417
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 743

Book Description
A scathing and brilliant revisionist history, Defending the Holy Land is the most comprehensive analysis to date of Israel's national security and foreign policy, from the inception of the State of Israel to the present. Book jacket.

The Little Grammar People

Author: Nuri Mass
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648035619
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Book Description
Join Linda and Barry as they learn all about the parts of our language in the Kingdom of Grammar. Meet Master Verb, Miss Noun, Madam Adjective and many more. A great book for students who are trying to learn, or are struggling with, the parts of Grammar.

Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students

Author: Mignon Fogarty
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429966661
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
Named to the International Reading Association's 2012 Teachers' Choice book list Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students is a complete and comprehensive guide to all things grammar from Grammar Girl, a.k.a. Mignon Fogarty, whose popular podcasts have been downloaded over twenty million times and whose first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, was a New York Times bestseller. For beginners to more advanced students, this guide covers it all: the parts of speech, sentences, and punctuation are all explained clearly and concisely with the warmth, wit, and accessibility Grammar Girl is known for. Pop quizzes are scattered throughout to reinforce the explanations, as well as Grammar Girl's trademark Quick and Dirty Tips—easy and fun memory tricks to help with those challenging rules. Complete with a writing style chapter and a guide to the different kinds of writing—everything from school papers to letter writing to e-mails—this guide is sure to become the one-stop, essential book on every student's desk.

Tomorrow-Land

Author: Joseph Tirella
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149300333X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373

Book Description
Motivated by potentially turning Flushing Meadows, literally a land of refuse, into his greatest public park, Robert Moses—New York's "Master Builder"—brought the World's Fair to the Big Apple for 1964 and '65. Though considered a financial failure, the 1964-65 World' s Fair was a Sixties flashpoint in areas from politics to pop culture, technology to urban planning, and civil rights to violent crime. In an epic narrative, the New York Times bestseller Tomorrow-Land shows the astonishing pivots taken by New York City, America, and the world during the Fair. It fetched Disney's empire from California and Michelangelo's La Pieta from Europe; and displayed flickers of innovation from Ford, GM, and NASA—from undersea and outerspace colonies to personal computers. It housed the controversial work of Warhol (until Governor Rockefeller had it removed); and lured Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Meanwhile, the Fair—and its house band, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians—sat in the musical shadows of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, who changed rock-and-roll right there in Queens. And as Southern civil rights efforts turned deadly, and violent protests also occurred in and around the Fair, Harlem-based Malcolm X predicted a frightening future of inner-city racial conflict. World's Fairs have always been collisions of eras, cultures, nations, technologies, ideas, and art. But the trippy, turbulent, Technicolor, Disney, corporate, and often misguided 1964-65 Fair was truly exceptional.