First published in 1997 and considered one of the best books for both teaching and learning English, the Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation, is a workbook focused on English grammar and punctuation. It contains clear explanations and exercises to improve the usage of the language.
Here’s a brief review of its content based on the book review online:
SECTION 1: “The first section covers the most common rules of grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. It then addresses the importance of writing numbers consistently with a review of stylistic styles recommended by the Associated Press Stylebook and the Chicago Manual of Style. Topics include parts of speech, subject and verb agreement, effective writing, commas, semicolons/colons, quotations, question marks, parentheses/brackets, apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, ellipses, exclamation points, capitalization, writing numbers, confusing words and homonyms, and much more-basically all the grammar rules you need to know in high school and college. Along with each rule, there are examples so students can see the rule put into practice.”
SECTION 2: “The final part of the book contains numerous quizzes (2 sets of exercises for each grammar topic or punctuation mark), as well as a grammar pretest, a grammar mastery test, and a punctuation, capitalization, and writing numbers pretest and mastery test. The pretest and mastery tests given are great for before and after evaluation, and the exercises for each topic ensure that students know how to use the rules they are learning. Exercises generally prompt students to find errors in sentences, rewrite sentences, pick the correct word for the sentence, or identify parts of a sentence. (…) Answers for all the exercises are included in the book.”
We hope this book will be seen as an resource to improve the skills we already have. And also we leave the website of the book, which the author requested to be used after her death to continue helping people learn English. On this webpage, you’ll find videos, quizzes, and blogs, among other resources focused on grammar and the style of the book: https://www.grammarbook.com/
You’ll find the book liked at the beginning of this post.
Enjoy the reading!