Gwynne's Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English. Incorporating also Strunkâ s Guide to Style.

Nevile Gwynne

ISBN 10: 0091951453 / ISBN 13: 9780091951450

Editore: Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2013

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'Grammar is the science of using words rightly, leading to thinking rightly, leading to deciding rightly, without which as both common sense and experience show happiness is impossible. Therefore: happiness depends at least partly on good grammar.' So writes Mr Gwynne in his small, but perfectly formed new book. Mr Gwynne believes passionately that we must regain our knowledge of the lost science of grammar before it is too late. Formerly a successful businessman, Mr Gwynne has for many years been teaching and tutoring just about every sort of subject to just about every sort of pupil in just about every sort of circumstance. His teaching methods are very much the traditional, common-sense ones, refined over the centuries, that were almost everywhere until they were abolished in the 1960s. Being disappointed in the standards of grammar he encountered in his pupils, Mr Gwynne, over time, wrote this wonderful, succinct and yet comprehensive little book because nothing quite as suitable already existed. This edition also includes Strunks classic guide to style, explaining how to write well and the main pitfalls to avoid. Beautifully designed, easy to understand and a joy to read, Gwynne's Grammar may be the best little book you will ever have in your life. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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• Titolo: Gwynne's Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English. Incorporating also Strunkâ s Guide to Style.
• Editore: Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom, London
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0091951453
• ISBN 13: 9780091951450
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Very Good
• Peso: 204 grammi

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Riassunto

La grammatica è la scienza dell'uso corretto delle parole, che porta a pensare correttamente, che porta a decidere correttamente, senza la quale - come dimostrano sia il buon senso che l'esperienza - la felicità è impossibile. Pertanto: la felicità dipende almeno in parte da una buona grammatica. 'così scrive il signor gwynne nel suo piccolo, ma perfettamente formato nuovo libro. Il signor gwynne crede appassionatamente che dobbiamo recuperare la nostra conoscenza della scienza perduta della grammatica prima che sia troppo tardi. Ex imprenditore di successo, il signor gwynne ha insegnato e fatto da tutor per molti anni praticamente ogni genere di materia a praticamente ogni genere di studente in praticamente ogni genere di circostanza. I suoi metodi di insegnamento sono molto simili a quelli tradizionali e di buon senso, perfezionati nel corso dei secoli e presenti quasi ovunque fino alla loro abolizione negli anni '60. Deluso dagli standard grammaticali riscontrati nei suoi alunni, il signor gwynne, nel tempo, scrisse questo meraviglioso, succinto e tuttavia completo libricino, perché non esisteva nulla di altrettanto adatto. Questa edizione include anche la classica guida di strunk allo stile, che spiega come scrivere bene e le principali insidie da evitare. Splendidamente progettato, facile da capire e una gioia da leggere, gwynne's grammar potrebbe essere il miglior libricino che avrai mai nella tua vita.

Informazioni sull?autore

Mr Gwynne is the much loved and passionate educator who is on a crusade. He believes in old-fashioned values, that the modern school system is hopeless – and that keen and close study is the only way to become an enlightened and better person. Now living in County Wexford, Ireland, and in his 70s, N M Gwynne was formerly a successful businessman in London and Australia. On retirement in the 1980s, he took up teaching and soon found that his traditional methods, universal up to the 1960s and refined and perfected century after century up till then, had become all but unique. Subjects he has been teaching – in classrooms, in lecture halls, and nowadays mostly privately – include English, Latin, Greek, French, German, mathematics, history, classical philosophy, natural medicine, the elements of music, and "How to start up and run your own business”. He has taught all over the world and thanks to the internet and Skype, he has sometimes found himself, at different times in a single day, teaching as far apart as India, Europe and western USA.