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English Grammar Boot Camp
- By: Anne Curzan, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Anne Curzan
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,603
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,408
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,385
Grammar! For many of us, the word triggers memories of finger-wagging schoolteachers, and of wrestling with the ambiguous and complicated rules of using formal language. But what is grammar? In fact, it's the integral basis of how we speak and write. As such, a refined awareness of grammar opens a world of possibilities for both your pleasure in the English language and your skill in using it, in both speech and the written word.
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Spectacular
- By Quaker on 09-24-16
- English Grammar Boot Camp
- By: Anne Curzan, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Anne Curzan
Interesting but too noncommittal
Reviewed: 05-22-17
I love anything dealing with grammar and was, of course, captivated by the title English Grammar Boot Camp. Although the reading is animated and engaging, far too many topics take an "either this or that" stance on the rules. I have always considered grammar an analytical field of study, and it is difficult to explain to students that the answer is determined by whatever sounds right to some people. For example, how can a predicate nominative be in either the nominative or objective case? It is pointless to teach grammar in elementary school if the course embraces such wavering rules. I would prefer a stronger stand on the rules with far fewer exceptions.
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