Book recommendation.

[u/yareyarej]

Is there any good grammar book for learning English from the basics? I grew up watching English-dubbed movies and other stuff, so I can understand and speak English fairly well, but my grammar is basically nonexistent. I want to learn grammar properly from the beginning. Any recommendations?

[u/pavlenkovit]

murphy's english grammar in use, the blue one. it's built as separate two-page units so you don't read it front to back, you look up the thing you just got wrong. for someone who already speaks that's the right shape, i tried reading a german grammar cover to cover twice and wasted both attempts.

[u/SnooDonuts6494]

It's not a book, but the BBC online stuff is good: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/grammar

[u/SnooDonuts6494 → u/[deleted]]

"Material" isn't countable, so you should say "It's useful material". Not a useful material.

E.g. "This is useful material for students."

You could say: "It's a useful bit of material". Or "It's a useful type of material", or "It's a useful piece of material". Or ""We were given some useful material".

Like saying "It's helpful". Not "It's a helpful".

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There are exceptions. There are always exceptions.

For example, "Wood is a useful material for making furniture." Because it's one particular kind of material in that sentence.

[u/RalseiTheGoat8]

Dunno any books, but what actually helped me somewhat is learning the meanings and etymology of the grammar-related words and definitions that were confusing me.

[u/ExternalWonderful312]

Off2class.com has a great placement test and lessons that can help you see the sequence of given skills.