Ugh. Grammar. Could there exist a more boring, abstract, contradictory, frustrating topic?
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.
But 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, a case writer at the Yale School of Management, offers a bevy of examples -- as well as more extended case studies -- to show you how simple most grammar really is. He also offers exercises so you can use your new skills right away.
In the process, Euchner shows you not how how to avoid common mistakes, but also how to enliven your writing and stay on track
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Charles Euchner, a longtime college teacher and author, is the creator of The Writing Code, the only comprehensive learning system for writing.
Euchner has taught and directed research institutes at a number of premier universities, including Harvard, Yale, Penn, Holy Cross, Northeastern, and St. Mary’s.
He is also the author or editor of ten books. His latest book Nobody Turn Me Around: A People’s History of the 1963 March on Washington (Beacon Press, 2010), has been praised as a dramatic reinterpretation of the civil rights movement. Kirkus Reviews, in a rare starred review, called it “dynamic ... sharp, riveting.” Juan Williams, author of Eyes on the Prize, called it “compelling and dramatic.”
Euchner’s other books include a trilogy on the state of sports in modern America (Playing the Field, The Last Nine Innings, and Little League, Big Dreams), grassroots politics (Urban Policy Reconsidered and Extraordinary Politics), presidential politics (Selecting the President and The President and the Public), and regional politics (the two-part Governing Greater Boston project).
