Clear & Correct Expression

ISBN-13: 9781681812533 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 172 str.

Varindra Kumar Varma

Opis

This book is on grammar, but it goes beyond grammar because by knowing the elements of grammar and the rules in putting them together, one can at best follow a text, but cannot communicate. One needs to cultivate language sense, develop understanding of language use, and learn to handle the tools of logical analysis. This book is a paradigm of reasoning and analysis, and it makes clear that anything that is logically invalid cannot be deemed grammatically correct. For example: "I say I am dumb" and "I am there." Being aware that a clear, correct, complete, and consistent write-up is a basic requirement in a professional career, the author designed this book to serve as a master key to unlock the door to the house of grammar. The book teaches how to handle tools of analysis for clear thinking and writing. The book deals with logic of language and logic in grammar. A serious reader can see how logic can unearth a grammar rule, explain and support a grammar usage, and expose grammar faults and rectify most of them. Observing that the sentence 'a boy play' is considered wrong in English, one may argue that it is due to violation of the rule of correspondence in subject-verb relationship that is to say, a plural verb goes with a singular subject. He may further infer that the base forms of noun and verb are opposite and, therefore, adding ~s, ~es and ~ies we can form the plural of nouns and the singular of verbs. A logical understanding of "article" will show that the distinction between definite and indefinite article is not absolute, for the meaning of the sentence that "a cow is a domestic animal" is the same as "the cow is a domestic animal" because the expression "the cow" does not refer to any particular cow but it means the class of animal called cow. There are, indeed, several things of the kind as mentioned here, and they all are so very important for learning the language. The author's reference to the Indian sub-continent has a point, and he shows how the bulk of English learners from this region can exploit knowledge of their alphabet and the mother tongue to deal with matters concerning sentence structure, use of vowels, sentence structure, case relationships and spellings. Thus, the book is useful for all, but the audience of this region has a special advantage.

This book is on grammar, but it goes beyond grammar. Because by knowing the elements of grammar and the rules in putting them together, one can at best follow a text, but cannot communicate.One needs to cultivate language sense, develop understanding of language use, and learn to handle the tools of logical analysis. Logic helps. This book is a paradigm of reasoning and analysis, and it makes clear that anything that is logically invalid cannot be deemed grammatically correct. For example: "I say I am dumb" and "I am there."Being aware that a clear, correct, complete, and consistent write-up is a basic requirement in a professional career, the author designed this book to serve as a master key to unlock the door to the house of grammar. The book teaches how to handle tools of analysis for clear thinking, which is important because clarity in expression goes hand in hand with clarity of thought. Varindra Kumar Varma is an acclaimed Hindi writer who holds a degree in law and a doctorate in philosophy. He specializes in linguistic philosophy, and worked as a senior research fellow at a centre of advanced study in philosophy. He was a professor of philosophy for years, and retired as a principal from higher education service. Dr. Varma has researched the logic of language, the role of logic in grammar, and methods of exploiting the native learners knowledge of his mother tongue in learning English. He published two books on language and grammar in English and one in Hindi.Publishers website: http://sbpra.com/VarindraKumarVarma