Painless Grammar

(back cover)
PAINLESS
Grammar
Second Edition
Really. This isnat going to hurt at all . . .
If youave hated every grammar book youave ever had to open, get ready for a pleasant surprise! This book mixes parts of speech and punctuation rules with large portions of humor, down-to-earth examples of correct usage, and funny cartoon illustrations. As you learn painlessly about how to make a verb agree with its subject, or a pronoun with its antecedent, youall look at some of the wackier words in the English language and see how they are often misused. This new edition also gives you some handy tips on sending e-mail messages to your friends.
For Middle School and High School Students

This very approachable text combines instruction in parts of speech and sentence structure with down-to-earth examples, funny illustrations, and examination of some of the more amusing and peculiar words in the English language. A chapter on clear e-mail communication and etiquette is brand new in this edition, as are many of the authoras challenging aBrain Ticklers.a Her helpful chapter on how to edit a school paper has also been heavily revised and updated.
Barronas popular "Painless Series" of study guides for middle school and high school students offer a lighthearted, often humorous approach to their subjects, transforming details that might once have seemed boring or difficult into a series of interesting and mentally challenging ideas. Most titles in the series feature many fun-to-solve aBrain Ticklera problems with answers at the end of each chapter.