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I can sort of see why, say, a visually-oriented person may do better with a tailored book over a standard textbook, but programmers, designers, and bloggers seems like a wide set of people.
There are a few missing commas in the bullet points, as well as some unnecessary commas in other locations. That does not instill confidence in a book that promises to teach grammar.
I don't see the grammatical mistakes you are referring to.
Super awkward there.
There are a few missing commas in the bullet points, as well as some unnecessary commas in other locations. That does not instill confidence in a book that promises to teach grammar.
That is precisely the problem with grammar: some people like to be grammar police and they don't know the proper rules because they were taught incorrectly, or they simply disagree because of their interpretation. I am guessing you simply have a different interpretation of the rules. I don't see the grammatical mistakes you are referring to.
> Many grammar books contradict one another, and some even recommend absurd and irrelevant usage and rules from bygone days.
Well, one can say their rules contradict one another.
I actually took a grammar class last spring and it was really good. I still have grammatical errors but hey - no one is perfect.
I'm building Quill, a web app that provides interactive grammar lessons. We are an open source/open content nonprofit organization, and we are working with a team of a half dozen volunteers. We are currently developing collaborative writing exercises, and if you're interested in building interactive education please reach out to me at peter at quill dot org. http://www.quill.org
This is really interesting, I look forward to seeing how this is used.