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Ever suffered an attack of the woofits? Finished your dinner and
been left with a tittynope? Engaged in a good sprunt? Ever come
across a niddering, or engaged in nidgery? Ever honeyfuggled a
gudgeon? Are you married to a bablatrice? The Forest of Lost Words
collects over 600 of the weirdest, most wonderful words from the
dusty vaults of the English language.
What is a grammar dragon? What happens to unicorns when you misuse
FANBOYS? This irreverent guide for using our most common
punctuation mark will explain. This primer doesn't cover every
single use of commas--it's only sixty pages, for heaven's sake But
it does explain the comma errors English professors most often
marked wrong on their students' papers. All that red ink stung.
Hence, this book. Oh, and the fairies, dragons, and trolls? Well,
why not fairies, dragons, and trolls? Examples should be memorable
(or at least mythical). Some comma topics included are: Commas and
Independent Clauses Commas after Introductory Phrases Commas and
Nonrestrictive Clauses Commas and Quotes Commas and Coordinate
Adjectives So, don't be a comma idiot. Either buy a grammar dragon
or read this book. I promise the book won't eat you. No guarantees
on that dragon.
THIS ILLUSTRATED BOOK WITH KINDERKGARTEN SPELLING EXERCISES IS FOR
THE STUDENT, PARENT, TEACHER OR TUTOR. THE COGNITIVE EXERCISES
REVOLVE AROUND FINDING THE MISSING LETTERS IN WORDS. COGNITIVE
PATTERN RECOGNITION FORMS THE VERY BASIS OF OUR THINKING AND HUMAN
INTELLIGENCE. SOLUTIONS PROVIDE ONE OR MORE WORDS MATCHING THE
MISSING LETTERS PATTERN. THE COGNITIVE ENGLISH SPELLING EXERCISES
ARE AT DIFFERENT DIFFICULTY LEVELS ALLOWING CUSTOMIZATION FOR EACH
STUDENT.
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