Advanced Grammar for Academic Writing - Stevenson, Richard

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Résumé :
Advanced English Grammar textbook and reference book covering all the questions that advanced students might have about sentence structure, independent and dependent clauses, gerund clauses, infinitive clauses, noun clauses, adverbial clauses, relative clauses, and participial clauses. The book also covers modals, hedging, cohesion, voice, tense, aspect, and word forms. Answers and examples included. The author has ten years experience preparing students for university in Australia and in East Asia. He has an MA TESOL and a Post Graduate Certificate in TESOL. He is also the author of the Time to Talk Series, popular in elementary schools in South Korea....

Biographie:
Richard Stevenson (4 March 1952 - 18 October 2023) was a Canadian teacher and poet. Stevenson taught English at Lethbridge College in Lethbridge, Alberta, and also taught for a couple of years in Nigeria. Stevenson held degrees in English and creative writing from the University of Victoria and University of British Columbia. He was also a musician with the young adult group Sasquatch and the jazz/poetry ensemble Naked Ear. Stevenson was an accomplished writer, publishing more than 40 works of poetry, haiku, and fiction, with five titles forthcoming posthumously. A former editor-in-chief of PRISM international, he served in various editorial, jury, and writing and arts group executive capacities over the years. Stevenson's reviews and poems have appeared in hundreds of magazines, anthologies, e-zines, and journals published in Canada, the United States, and overseas. Richard received the following awards during his distinguished literary career: Norma Epstein Award for Creative Writing (co-winner), 1983. Vancouver Literary Storefront Chapbook Award, 1983. Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry, for the book, From the Mouths of Angels. The award is bestowed annually by the Writers' Guild of Alberta. ACIFA Excellence in Promoting Student Learning Award, 1996. Pyrowords' Literary Rose Award, 1997.Second Prize, Sketches of Miles Contest, 2001....

Sommaire:
Advanced English Grammar textbook and reference book covering all the questions that advanced students might have about sentence structure, independent and dependent clauses, gerund clauses, infinitive clauses, noun clauses, adverbial clauses, relative clauses, and participial clauses. The book also covers modals, hedging, cohesion, voice, tense, aspect, and word forms. Answers and examples included. The author has ten years experience preparing students for university in Australia and in East Asia. He has an MA TESOL and a Post Graduate Certificate in TESOL. He is also the author of the Time to Talk Series, popular in elementary schools in South Korea....