# Smashing Grammar

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- Book: [Smashing Grammar](https://www.bookquiver.com/craig-shrives/smashing-grammar) ([Smashing Grammar.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/craig-shrives/smashing-grammar.md))
- Authors: [Craig Shrives](https://www.bookquiver.com/craig-shrives)
- Publisher: kyle_books
- ISBN: 978-08-5783-588-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2019-08-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

'Few people understand Grammar like Craig Shrives. Best of all, no one explains it so well and so easily.' - Chief Executive of Crimestoppers and former Director of the Intelligence Corps, Mark Hallas OBE Written by a former British Army officer (also the founder of the popular website Grammar Monster), Smashing Grammar is both a go-to grammar guide and a primer for writing clear English. Smashing Grammar is divided into three sections: A-Z of Punctuation, A-Z of Grammar Essentials and A-Z of Easily Confused Words. Every entry starts with a simple explanation and some basic examples. These are followed by real-life, engaging examples, which have been painstakingly hunted down for their ability to illustrate the point. Every entry concludes with a 'Why Should I Care?' section offering great tips and advice and explaining why the grammar point matters to a writer. Imbued with 'barrack room' humour, the writing itself is entertaining and often laugh-out-loud funny, with thousands of sample quotations ranging from Groucho Marx and Homer the Simpson to Karl Marx and Homer the Greek.