The backlash against poor language teaching has produced a rash of full-blown grammar books, but this uncomplicated and amusing user’s manual concentrates on the essentials. GOOD ENGLISH hacks away at the tangled thicket of confusions while never becoming a dull grammar lesson. Ideal for any English speaker uneasy about handling full-stops, commas and the dreaded apostrophe, it highlights the most common problems and solves them with style and a smile. GOOD ENGLISH has proved itself popular with universities and colleges, who have ordered it in considerable numbers. It will quickly convince you that mastering the basics of the language is simplicity itself – after all, you've been speaking it since childhood!