Practical tools for learning and teaching grammar

, A History of the English Language, 
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1987
.
Biddulph, Steve
, Raising Boys: Why Boys Are Different and How to Help 
Them Become Happy and Well Balanced Men, 
Finch Publishing, 
Sydney, 1997
.
Clairbome, Robert
, The Life and Times of the English Language, 
Bloomsbury, London, 1990.
Crystal, David & Crystal, Hilary
, Words on Words: Quotations about 
Language and Languages, 
Penguin Books, Middlesex UK, 2000.
Dykes, Barbara
, Down to Earth Grammar, 
Series 1–3, Nutshell Products, 
Kalbar, Qld, 2002/3.
Dykes, Barbara
, Grammar Made Easy,
Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1992.
Dykes, Barbara
, ‘
Thinking of boys’
,
Sharing Best Practice in Australian 
Schools, 
Launceston, Tasmania, 2001.
Dykes, Barbara, Swallow, Gavin & Ward, Sarah, 
Spelling Programme for 
All—Literacy Resources
, Nutshell Products, Kalbar Qld, from 2000.
Hackett T.P.
, Essential Grammar and English Usage: What Everyone 
Needs to Know, s
elf-publication, 1977.
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education & Training
, 
Boys: Getting It Right,
report on the inquiry into the education of 
boys, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2002.
Hudson, Nicholas
, Modern Australian Usage, 
Oxford University Press, 
Melbourne, 1993.
Macmillan, Bonnie
, Why School Children Can’t Read, 
IEA (Institute of 
Economic Affairs), London, 1997
.

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McArthur, Tom (ed.)
, The Oxford Companion to the English Language, 
BCA by arrangement with Oxford University Press, London, 1992.
Nesfield, J.C
., Outline of English Grammar, 
Macmillan & Co, London, 
1929.
Sayers, Dorothy
, ‘
The Lost Tools of Learning’
, 
Oxford University paper, 
1947.
Swallow, Gavin, 
Word Building
, 4th edn, Nutshell Products, Kalbar, Qld, 
2007.
Truss, Lynne
, Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to 
Punctuation, 
Profile Books, London, 2003.
Wise, Jessie & Wise Bauer
,
Susan,
 The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to 
Classical Education at Home, 
WW Norton & Company, New York & 
London, 1999.
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Collins Concise Dictionary, 
5th Australian edn
, 
Harper Collins, Glasgow, 
2001.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 
4th edn
, 
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1954. 
Crystal, David
, The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language, 
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995
.
Dictionary of Grammar, 
Redwood Editions, Victoria, Australia, 1998
.
Harrap, George G.
, Harrap’s Concise French and English Dictionary, 
George G Harrap & Company, London, 1956.
Reader’s Digest Universal Dictionary, 
Reader’s Digest Association, Far 
East, Philippines. 
Thomas, Millicent Inglis
, Cassell’s Compact Latin Dictionary, 
Cassell & 
Company, Hants, UK, 1957.
Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary, 
World Publishing 
Company, New York, 1952.
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Glossary
Definitions are also given for each grammar term under its 
respective section category. Below are short definitions of terms 
as used in this book.
abbreviation: 
that which cannot be seen or touched, i.e. not concrete
accusative: 
of case, identifying the direct object
active: 
of voice, describes a verb in which the subject is responsible for 
the action
adjectival: 
concerning, or having the function of an adjective
adjective: 
a word that describes (qualifies) a noun or pronoun
adverb: 
a word that gives information about (modifies) a verb
adverbial: 
concerning or having the function of an adverb
analysis: 
the division of a sentence into its constituents
apostrophe: 
a punctuation mark indicating possession, or omission 
(contraction)
article: 
the words