The Truth about English Grammar

Do you worry that your understanding of English grammar isn't what it should be? It may not be your fault. For hundreds of years, vague and confused ideas about how to state the rules have been passed down from one generation to the next. The available books for the general reader - thousands of them, shamelessly plagiarizing each other - repeat the same misguided definitions and generalizations that appeared in the schoolbooks used by your great-great-grandparents.

Geoff Pullum thinks you deserve better. In this book he breaks away from the tradition. Presupposing no prior knowledge or technical terms, he provides an informal introduction to the essential concepts underlying grammar and usage. With the foundation he provides, you will be equipped to understand the classification of words, the structure of phrases and clauses, and why some supposed grammar rules are really just myths. Also covered are some of the key points about spelling, apostrophes, hyphens, capitalization, and punctuation.

Illuminating, witty, and incisive, The Truth About English Grammar is a vital book for all who love writing, reading, and thinking about English.

你是否擔心自己對英文語法的理解不夠好？這可能不是你的錯。數百年來，關於如何陳述這些規則的模糊和混亂的想法一代又一代地傳承下來。為一般讀者提供的書籍 - 數以千計的書籍，彼此無恥地剽竊 - 重複了在你曾祖父母使用的教科書中出現的同樣錯誤的定義和概括。

Geoff Pullum認為你應該得到更好的東西。在這本書中，他打破了傳統。不需要任何先備知識或專業術語，他提供了對語法和用法基本概念的非正式介紹。通過他提供的基礎，你將能夠理解詞的分類、片語和從句的結構，以及為什麼一些所謂的語法規則實際上只是迷思。此外，還涵蓋了一些關於拼寫、撇號、連字符、大寫和標點符號的關鍵要點。

這本書《The Truth About English Grammar》啟發人心、詼諧幽默且深入淺出，對於所有熱愛寫作、閱讀和思考英語的人來說都是一本重要的書籍。

Geoff Pullum is the author of Linguistics: Why It Matters. He has taught linguistics and English grammar for decades on both sides of the Atlantic, and is a coauthor (with Rodney Huddleston) of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. In addition to many academic articles and books, he has published satirical and humorous writing on language and linguistics.

Geoff Pullum是《語言學：為何重要》一書的作者。他在大西洋兩岸教授語言學和英語語法已有數十年的經驗，並與Rodney Huddleston合著了《劍橋英語語法》一書。除了許多學術文章和書籍外，他還發表了關於語言和語言學的諷刺和幽默作品。