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內容簡介 英語語法大師Gyles Brandreth親自編撰最優質的英語語法指南「娛樂性相當高，涵蓋所有英語文法與語法上的知識，簡直令我愛不釋手。」─BBC廣播二台節目主持人克里斯·埃文斯「優秀、清晰且充滿娛樂性，語法果然是Brandreth做擅長的事。」─《英國衛報》為什麼撇號總是在錯誤的地方出現？為何我們在使用外來語時總是感到困惑？到底是may還是maybe？應該用pass還是passed？公民投票應該用referenda還是referendums？看在老天爺的份上，我們的語言到底出了什麼問題？英語的語言模式逐漸在改變，而人們的識字水準卻日益下降，甚至對於文法的認知已達到危機標準。對於學習英文總是感到困難重重的你，現在不需感到絕望，本書作者Gyles Brandreth以明確(及幽默)的教學，幫助讀者重新學習標點符號、拼寫和正統英語。Gyles身為BBC節目《Just A Minute》固定來賓和語法大師，帶領讀者一同對抗對英語語法的恐懼，指導我們在學習中哪裡出錯(以及為什麼出錯)，分享他學習語言的技巧和秘訣，確保未來在讀者在學習英語的路上減少更多錯誤。 The go-to good English guide from the grammar guru himself, Gyles Brandreth .'Best thing ever, laugh-a-lot, spanning everything. Great book, I'm loving this' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2'Brilliant, clear, entertaining, very funny and often outright silly. Brandreth excels . in all his linguistic joie de vivre' GuardianWhy, like, does everyone keep saying 'like'?Why do apostrophe's keep turning up in the wrong place?Why do we get confused when using foreign phrases - and vice versa?Is it 'may be' or 'maybe'? Should it be 'past' or 'passed'? Is it 'referenda' or 'referendums'?FFS, what's happening to our language!?Our language is changing, literacy levels are dwindling and our grasp of grammar is at crisis point, so you wouldn't be alone in thinking WTF! But do not despair, Have You Eaten Grandma? is here: Gyles Brandreth's definitive (and hilarious) guide to punctuation, spelling, and good English for the twenty-first century.Without hesitation or repetition (and just a touch of deviation) Gyles, the Just A Minute regular and self-confessed grammar guru, skewers the linguistic horrors of our time, tells us where we've been going wrong (and why), and reveals his tips and tricks to ensure that, in future, we make fewer (rather than 'less') mistakes. End of.(Is 'End of' alright? Is 'alright' all right? You'll find out right here . . . )And why not check out the Have You Eaten Grandma? podcast, starring Gyles and a host of other grammar and linguisitic lovers and experts
