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Breaking the rules : liberating writers through innovative grammar instruction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schuster, Edgar Howard, 1930-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2003]
Subjects:
English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States.
English language > Grammar > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : rule breaking and the reflective English teacher
  • Language acquisition and traditional school grammar
  • Traditional school grammar : definitions that do not define
  • Usage : rules that do not rule (and a few that do)
  • Writing : liberating the student writer
  • Punctuation today
  • Appendix : an updated treatment of the parts of speech.