Reviewing Basic Grammar: A Guide to Writing Sentences and Paragraphs, Sixth Edition

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Summary: the yarber book
Review: hey, grammar isn't sexy, but this book comes about as close as you can get. explanations are consistently clear and, above all, understandable to my high school students. it's also loaded with examples, which even a group of jaded 15 year-olds sometimes find humorous. showed my copy to the wife, who teaches an SAT prep class and she also likes it and now uses it. (whoops, that was a run-on.)

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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: I've consistently used an earlier edition of this grammar book, which I've loved. It's hard to believe, but this latest edition is even better than the previous one. The exercises and topics are still amusing, interesting and up-to-date (often taken from pop music and sports), but it's the addition of the writing sections at the end of each chapter that sets this book apart from other grammar books. The writing portion helps my students to learn grammar within a context so they can actually improve writing as opposed to learning grammar rules for the sake of learning grammar rules. I highly recommend this book for students as well as adults.

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Summary: basic grammer
Review: This book contained some useful information on the basic grammer of the english language, but was mediocore (at best) compared to the Yarber's previous book (reviewing basic grammer, also available on amazon.com)