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The Richness of Grammar demystifies essential knowledge about language so that it can be readily understood and applied by learners. This is a reinvention of grammar learning and a detailed, step-by-step guide to sentence building. This book explains word-to-sentence grammar in a new, incremental, unified framework with a focus on how it works and practical understanding. Grammar is presented positively as a wealth of language possibilities to draw on. This approach offers teachers a faster way forward for mastering this key knowledge (with links to school curriculum included). The book is also suitable for anyone interested in language.

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Evita's combined experience as a linguist and teacher motivates her interest in positive grammar education. Her linguistic work has included first-hand analysis of an unstudied language, including its grammar, as well as research into language use in medical practice and written language development in schooling. She has taught grammar to undergraduate linguistics students, grammar and academic writing to English language learners preparing for university and subject English to children in home-based and private tuition. Having applied and taught both formal and functional grammars, she developed the innovative approach in The Richness of Grammar originally for her own studentsEvita gratefully acknowledges the support of family, friends and academic colleagues, and also the editors and publishing team, in the preparation of this book.

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