Whether you're a beginning student, an advanced grammarian, or someone who wants to know more about how language works and how to use it, this textbook gives you what you need. Learn how to manipulate, join and transform patterns that undergird sentences; write sentence patterns, transformations, and figures to establish habits of strong and varied sentence building; compare kinds of grammatical and rhetorical structures and their effects on readers; and analyze sentences and chunks of text for grammatical underpinnings and rhetorical effect. Become a better writer by understanding grammar, usage, and punctuation with the explanations, examples, and exercises in Grammar for Writers.