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Book Review: Grammar Grams II, by Stephen K. Tollefson

By: Denny T. Wolfe
Publication: The Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3
Date: Summer 1992

Summary: Wolfe declares Tollefson's approach to grammar is "more sense oriented than rule oriented. His illustrative sentences are witty and current, and written with a student readership in mind."

 

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Stephen K. Tollefson, Edwin Newman, and John Warriner–I'd love to see the three of them sit down with Dick Cavett on his old show. Newman would insist that the English language has gone somewhere in a hand-basket. And, after a little more haranguing by Newman, Cavett would turn to Tollefson and Warriner with "Well gentlemen, you've heard Ed's indictment. What about it? How can we rescue English? Or Can we?"

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