Grammar, the structure of a language, is often the subject of confusion. The Bloomsbury Grammar Guide is an easy-to-use handbook which provides the answers. Updated and revised throughout, the new edition is essential reading for all writers and readers of our increasingly dynamic and global language.It contains: - Words, phrases, sentences and clauses - Punctuation - where and how to use everything from the colon to the slash- Figures of speech and literary devices - Common errors - an A-Z list of easily confused words 'A Cook's tour of the English language' Oxford Times