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Upasara Posted 22 years ago
Software & Reviews

Discovering English Grammar

Dear All:

I'm a new member in this forum. Lately, I really enjoy learning english grammar. I don't know where I got this idea, but apparently after I read "Discovering English Grammar" by Richard Veit. If you have read this book, I will glad to hear your's opinion whether you like or dislike it, and I will be happy, if you like share another books about grammar that you think interesting.

Thx

Upa
  

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Hi, I’ve kept a list of some of the books that folks have mentioned here on English forums. 1. “I highly recommend a book called "The Language Instinct" by Steven Pinker.

  • Hi, I’ve kept a list of some of the books that folks have mentioned here on English forums.
  • 1.
  • “I highly recommend a book called "The Language Instinct" by Steven Pinker.
  • Perhaps you've already heard of it.
  • 2.
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Hi, I’ve kept a list of some of the books that folks have mentioned here on English forums.

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“I highly recommend a book called "The Language Instinct" by Steven Pinker. Perhaps you've already heard of it.

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“This analysis is from a new book: "The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language" by Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum.

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This book t
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Hi Aileen:

Thx very much. I browsed in our library yesterday, apparently, "The Language Instinct" is available only in Japanese language, but I found another book from the same author. I couldn't find the rest books you mentioned.
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I’d be very interested to hread what people think about this book. A quick search on the Internet showed me that this book is recommended for advanced courses in English language, also, it’s an expensive book – roughly twice the price of other books I was browsing today. Apparently, it’s very popular and respected.

Review From the Back Cover

Understanding the structure of lan
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Sometimes I use graph paper just to map things out clearly. It’s very useful.

Writing the Natural Way: Using Right Brain Techniques to Release Your Expressive Powers
by
Gabriele Lusser Rico

A quick review from the Internet

Writing the Natural Way centers on clustering, a technique for quickly making explicit the ideas and associations we have about a topic
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Hi Upa, I lost you! We’ve moved this topic to a new home. Never mind. I’ve noticed that the elves have already been busy with comments – hope they’re good.

Would you mind if I ask about the background of your name? I searched, because I’m interested in the history of baby names. I found an Indian Upa and something a little harder to pin down. Does this make any sense to you?

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Honestly, my name is not Upasara Wulung. I rarely use my real name online, because present technology of search engine scared me. They can locate us easily.
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Yes, you are right. I think the key is two, first to use the right hemisphere of brain for the brainstorming. Using a graph on a paper will be a great tool. The second key is to use the left hemisphere of brain to rearrange those ideas into a coherent composition.

And you know, this idea can be applied not only in a story composition, but also in writing a technical paper.

Up
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About the book Discovering English Grammar. Pedagogically, this book is great. The book pressumed that everybody have already know the grammar subconsiously. Using a few examples, we can find the pattern of the sentences, and then we can derive the governing rule and corvert that knowledge to our conscious mind. Just like we invent the grammar by ourselves.

Upa
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Hi Aileen,

I remember one thing just now. About your interest in baby names. In Indonesia, one popular name is Satya Adhi Wicaksana. It is from the Sankrit. The history of Indonesia is strongly connected to the Sankrit.

Satya means loyal, Adhi means super power, and Wicaksana means wise.

Satya Adhi Wicaksana becomes the slogan of Indonesia Justice department if I'm
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Hey upa So sorry for the delay.

Satya Adhi Wicaksana are some baby names for my consideration. Hmm. I’m not sure. They are unfamiliar to me. I like the musical qualities suggested by Wicaksana maybe because it sounds a little like a Russian girl baby name, Oksana.

I checked for information about Musashi This is what I found
Toshirô Mifune defines the quintessential samur

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