English Composition and Grammar: Fourth Course

📒 The reason English is a required subject in almost all schools is that nothing in your education is more important than learning how to express yourself well. You may know a vast amount about a subject, but if you are unable tp communicate what you know, you are severely limited. No matter how valuable your ideas may be, they will not be very useful if you cannot express them clearly and convincingly. Language is the means by which people communicate. In your part of the world, it is English, a remarkably rich and flexible language. By learning how your language functions and by practicing language skills, you can acquire the competence necessary to express adequately what you know and what you think. You have two guides to help you in your study of English. One is your teacher; the other is your textbook. This textbook is designed to help you improve your ability to use English. It will show you how the English sentence works, how words are combined in sentences, and how the parts of sentences may best be arranged for clear communication. You will learn the difference between sentences which are strong and clear and smooth, and sentences which are weak and confusing and awkward. You will learn to plan and organize units of writing much larger than the sentence. You will learn to use standard English, the kind of English that is most widely considered acceptable. The more you put to use the things you learn from this book—in other words, the more you practice the skills exp...