Navigating English Grammar: A Roadmap to Success
If grammar possessed a public relations department, it would almost certainly have resigned years ago. Few aspects of language learning have acquired quite such an undeserved reputation for intimidation. Mention English grammar in a classroom and one student will instinctively reach for a notebook, another will sigh quietly into their coffee, and somewhere, without warning, someone will ask whether who and whom are really necessary. (The answer, like so much in English, is delightfully complicated.) Grammar is often portrayed as a collection of rigid rules designed solely to catch unsuspecting learners making innocent mistakes. It appears in red correction pens, examination papers and those alarming internet quizzes that solemnly announce, "Only two per cent of people can answer all these questions correctly." Small wonder that many students approach it with the enthusiasm usually reserved for dental appointments. Yet grammar deserves a kinder introduction. Far from...
