Every learner of English as a foreign language has questions about how English works and about the examples of English in use that they encounter in real life. Whether you are a student of English or a teacher of English, finding clear, sensible answers to these questions can be a challenge!Drawing on decades of language teaching experience and studying examples of everyday language the way it's actually used, Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley have selected the 50 most frequently aske...

Do you hate teaching some aspects of grammar? Do you ever feel frustrated that your students just don't get it? Well, in Grammar Nonsense, Andrew Walkley and Hugh Dellar argue that you shouldn't really blame yourself. The fault lies largely with the way grammar rules and methods have been passed down through training and published material and become established as the way of doing things: a straightjacket that we need to escape from.Through an entertainin...