內容介紹
本書根據作者在美國近20年來英語語法的教與學所積累的實踐經驗，並按照中國英語語法教與學的國情需求編寫而成。全書共由下列七大部分組成: 一、引言部分（語法規則）; 二、英語的淵源與發展及其影響; 三、掌握控制英語各類辭彙層面上的錯誤; 四、掌握控制英語句子結構層面上的錯誤; 五、掌握控制英語不一致基礎方面的錯誤; 六、掌握控制英語各類標點符號錯誤; 七，診斷性測試和綜合測試（內容與上述六大部分相呼應）。此外，每部分還配有相當數量的練習供參閱與訓練。
本書自始至終用生動有趣的語言，以精簡明了的表述手法，全面系統地闡述了整個英語語法體系，可謂是當今國內眾多英語語法書中難得覓見的案頭必備之書。
作者介紹
趙岩博士畢業於中國河北大學英文系。80年代中期去美國普渡大學讀英語語言學，1987年獲英語語言學碩士學位。1994年獲英文博士學位。趙博士學位的第二主讀科目是18世紀英國文學，第三主讀科目是幽默語意和實用分析及研究。
自1990年起，趙博士一直在美國加州承擔大學類語及寫作等課程的教學，積累了豐富的實踐經驗。目前已是美國加州艾爾卡米諾學院（EI College）終身教授。
在執教的同肘，趙博士熱衷於編寫大學英語教材。除本書外，她還編著了： A College Reader and Rhetoric ;A Gude and Reader for Critical Thinking； Star Student Essop： A Motivating Reader;均由美國國會圖書館註冊。
趙岩博士現與她的丈夫趙和平博士及他們的兒子喬治（George）和女兒艾米（Amy）住在美國加州的花園城（Garde Grove）。
作品目錄
Unit One: Introduction
1 Orientation
1.1 Words to Learners
1.2 Regarding Rules of Grammar
1.3 A Happy Median
E1 Exercises for Introduction
2 English ― Indebted， Prestigious and Unpredictable
2.1 The Indebted Status of English: Three Periods of Language Development
2.2 The Prestigious Status of English
2.3 The Unpredictable Status of English: A Poetic Complaint
2.4 A Gracious Attitude
E2 Exercises for Introduction
Unit Two: Parts of Speech
3 Seven Word Classes of English
3.1 Seven Parts of Speech: A Table
3.2 Common Word Order and Positions
3.3 Identifying Parts of Speech
E3 Exercises for Parts of Speech
4 English Nouns
4.1 The Naming Function of Nouns
4.2 Concrete versus Abstract Nouns
4.3 Countable versus Uncountable Nouns
4.4 Common versus Proper Nouns
4.5 Collective Nouns
4.6 Regular versus Irregular Nouns
4.7 Irregular Nouns and Their Erratic Spellings
4.8 Useful NounˉMaking Suffixes
E4 Exercises for Nouns
5 English Pronouns
5.1 Pronouns versus Nouns
5.2 Personal Pronouns
5.3 Possessive Pronouns
5.4 Reflexive Pronouns
5.5 Demonstrative Pronouns
5.6 Indefinite Pronouns
5.7 Interrogative Pronouns
5.8 Relative Pronouns
5.9 Expletive Pronouns
5.10Reciprocal Pronouns
E5 Exercises for Pronouns
6 English Verbs
6.1 Analyzing Verbs in a Quotation
6.2 The Importance of Verbs
6.3 Various Attributes of English Verbs
6.4 Transitive versus Intransitive Verbs
6.5 Regular versus Irregular Verbs
6.6 Action， Linking and Helping Verbs
6.7 Verbs as Tense Markers
6.8 Productive VerbˉMaking Affixes
E6 Exercises for Verbs
7 English Adjectives
7.1 Semantic Functions of Adjectives
7.2 Attributive versus Predicative Adjectives
7.3 Regular versus Irregular Adjectives
7.4 The Comparative and Superlative Degrees of Adjectives
7.5 The Gradable Status of Adjectives
7.6 Nominal， Phrasal， and Sentential Adjectives
7.7 Productive AdjectiveˉMaking Affixes
E7 Exercises for Adjectives
8 English Adverbs
8.1 The Modifying Capability of Adverbs
8.2 The Semantic Coverage of Adverbs
8.3 The Mobility of Adverbs
8.4 Conjunctive Adverbs
8.5 The AdverbˉMaking Suffix:ˉly
E8 Exercises for Adverbs
9 English Prepositions
9.1 Attributes of Prepositions
9.2 SingleˉWord Prepositions
9.3 Fixed Prepositional Phrases
9.4 NonˉFixed Prepositional Phrases
9.5 Grammatical Functions of Prepositional Phrases
E9 Exercises for Prepositions
10 English Conjunctions
10.1 Coordinating Conjunctions
10.2 Correlative Conjunctions
10.3 Subordinating Conjunctions
10.4 Conjunctions versus Conjunctive Adverbs
E10 Exercises for Conjunctions
Unit Three: Controlling Word-Level Errors
11 Wrong Verb Form:V
11.1 Confusing Irregular and Regular Verbs
11.2 Confusing Past Participial and Perfect Verb Forms
11.3 How to Tackle Wrong Verb Forms
E11 Exercises against Wrong Verb Form
12 Wrong Pronoun:P
12.1 Confusing the Two Pronoun Cases
12.2 Confusing the Two Types of Possessive Pronouns
12.3 Confusing the Two Types of Relative Pronouns
12.4 Confusing the Two Types of Reciprocal Pronouns
E12 Exercises against Wrong Pronoun
13 Faulty Pronoun Reference:PR
13.1 Pronouns with No Antecedent
13.2 Pronouns with More Than One Antecedent
13.3 Pronouns with an Unqualified Antecedent
13.4 Pronouns with an Incompatible Antecedent
E13 Exercises against Faulty Pronoun Reference
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