"Discover why grammar is important, the parts of speech, the simple sentence, and the importance of punctuation and proofreading"--Provided by publisher.

"When President Obama signed the affordable health care act in 2009, the Vice President was overheard to utter an enthusiastic "This is a big f****** deal!" A town in Massachusetts levies $20 fines on swearing in public. Nothing is as paradoxical as our attitude toward swearing and "bad language": how can we judge profanity so harshly in principle, yet use it so frequently in practice? Though profanity is more acceptable today than ever, it is still...

Presents common English language mistakes, covering such items as the placement of commas between adjectives, misusing "I" and "me", and the correct use of "that" and "which."

The letter E has fallen and injured herself-- which letters will replace her and how will words be spelled without her? It's a real E-mergency!

Confusion abounds when a poorly spoken donkey says to a grammarian yam, "I Yam a Donkey!"

Duck and Goose are best friends, but they have qualities and often do things that are the opposite of each other. On board pages.