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English Grammar and Composition: Complete Course

Warriner's English Grammar and Composition series

A comprehensive textbook covering English grammar, usage, mechanics, and composition, written for students and the teachers who guide them. It explains the parts of speech, sentence structure, agreement, and punctuation, then moves on to building paragraphs, shaping essays, and organizing longer written assignments. Each chapter pairs clear explanations with exercises for practice, so that readers can check their understanding as they go. The book was long used in classrooms as a standard reference for working through the mechanics of clear writing.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 1039 pages

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