TY - BOOK AU - Batko,Ann TI - When bad grammar happens to good people: how to avoid common errors in English SN - 9789833831524 PY - 0000///ò004 CY - Franklin Lakes, NJ PB - Career Press KW - English language KW - Grammar KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Usage N1 - Includes index; Foreword / Edward W. Rosenheim -- Introduction : how do we learn to speak correctly? -- Pretest -- Grammar review -- Chap. 1. Perplexing pronouns -- Chap. 2. Vexing verbs -- Chap. 3. Ambiguous agreements -- Chap. 4. Mangled modifiers -- Chap. 5. Problem prepositions -- Chap. 6. Confused connections -- Chap. 7. Puzzling plurals -- Chap. 8. Mixing up words that sound the same -- Chap. 9. Mixing up words that look the same -- Chap. 10. Mixing up words whose meanings are related -- Chap. 11. Made-up words -- Chap. 12. Wasteful words and infelicities -- Chap. 13. Mispronounced words -- Review tests -- Index -- About the author and editor ER -