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Index
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Not knowing grammar: a student’s tale
Not knowing grammar: a child’s tale
Chapter 1: First steps in grammar
Interlude: The first grammarians
Chapter 2: Second steps: the big picture
Chapter 3: Second steps: the small picture
Chapter 4: Third steps: combining big and small
Chapter 5: Inside the words
Interlude: The first English grammarian
Chapter 6: Talking about mouses
Interlude: Learn by heart
Chapter 7: What sentences do
Interlude: The first modern English grammarian
Chapter 8: Sentence building
Interlude: Grammatically precocious
Chapter 9: Story time
Chapter 10: Connecting
Interlude: Did the teddy bear chase the elephant?
Chapter 11: Talking about grammar
Interlude: Victorian playfulness
Chapter 12: Up with which we will not put
Interlude: A shocking faux pas
Chapter 13: Clarity and weight
Interlude: Redistributing weight
Chapter 14: Clarity and order
Chapter 15: Grammar and meaning
Interlude: Real and unreal ambiguity
Chapter 16: Grammar and effect
Chapter 17: Structure and use together
Interlude: Define dog
Chapter 18: A sense of style
Chapter 19: Grammar on the job
Chapter 20: Explanations
Chapter 21: Grammatical change – now
Interlude: Pluralsy
Chapter 22: Grammatical change – then
Interlude: Thou vs you
Chapter 23: Into living memory (almost)
Chapter 24: Going transatlantic
Interlude: Another pretty little Americanism
Chapter 25: Going global
Interlude: A good good example
Chapter 26: Grammar online
Chapter 27: Back from the grave
Chapter 28: Why the delay?
Interlude: Do as I say – government level
Chapter 29: A top ten for the future
Epilogue
An appendix on teaching and testing
References and further reading
Illustration credits
Index
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