A textbook for teachers in training. Lester (Eastern Washington U.) strives to provide a solid knowledge of grammar and the skills to teach it to students, and a broad understanding of the causes and treatments of usage errors. The first edition was published as Grammar in the Classroom by Macmilla

To the Instructor. To the Student. I.GRAMMAR. 1.Teaching Grammar and Usage. 2.Parts of Speech. 3.Basic Sentences and Their Diagrams. 4.Verbs Forms, "Tense," and Helping Verbs. 5.Phrases. 6.Clauses. 7.Redefining Verb Complements. II.USAGE. Guide to Usage Topics. Index of Usage Topics. Usage Topics. Apostrophes. Articles (ESL). Commas and Appositives. Commas and Coordinate Adjectives. Commas and Coordinating Conjunctions. Commas and Introductory Elements. Dangling Modifiers. Fragments. Participles Used as Adjectives (ESL). Progressive Usage (ESL). Pronoun Error: I/Me; We/Us; He/Him; She/Her; They/Them. Pronoun Error: Who and Whom. Run-on Sentences. Subject-Verb Agreement.III. GLOSSARY OF GRAMMAR TERMS. Answers to Exercises.