[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 1 | January 4, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036] Author Raymond Murphy discusses how Grammar in Use, the world’s best-selling grammar series for learners of English, has evolved since its first publication by Cambridge University Press in 1985.
Tag: English Grammar
#54, Article: ‘Attention English Language Teachers and Learners – There is No Such Thing As Grammar’ by Judy M. Thompson
Grammar is linear and spoken English is abstract. Latin grammar with its hundreds of 1 + 1 = 2 rules is too concrete to adequately characterize English writing, much less speaking. “Adjectives describe nouns” is a good example of an overplayed grammar rule that simply does not ring true. Merry, Happy, Joyous, Cheerful, Glad… are… Continue reading #54, Article: ‘Attention English Language Teachers and Learners – There is No Such Thing As Grammar’ by Judy M. Thompson