Grammar, the structure of a language, is often the subject of confusion. "The Bloomsbury Grammar Guide" is an easy-to-use handbook which provides the answers. Updated and revised throughout, the new edition is essential reading for all writers and readers of our increasingly dynamic and global language. It contains: words, phrases, sentences and clauses; punctuation - where and how to use everything from the colon to the slash; figures of speech and literary devices; and, common errors - an A-Z list of easily confused words.