Understanding and using English Grammar PDF book by Betty Azar
The second edition of UUEG was thoroughly reviewed by twenty-five ESL/EFL professionals. Their reviews were outstandingly helpful in their insights and suggestions. I studied the reviews with great care, and they greatly influenced the revision in matters large and small. I could not, unfortunately, make every change and addition that every reviewer sought (not without writing a 1000-page book-which my publisher would definitely frown upon!). I wish to express my heartfelt thanks for the care and thought these colleagues put into their reviews. They are Catherine Sajna, Hawaii Pacific University, English Foundations Program; Brian White, Lakeview Learning Center/ALSP; Anne Albarelli-Siegfried, North Harris Community College; Akabi Danielan, Glendale Career College; M. Cristina Parsons, Pueblo High School; Peter Jarvis, Pace University; Cheri Boyer, University of Arizona, CESL; Molly Burns, Wisconsin ESL Language Institute; Molly McGrath, Hunter College, IELI; James Burke, El Paso Community College, Deborah Healey, Oregon State University, ELI, Dan Manolescu, Adelphi University, Berlitz on Campus Language Institute for English; Gerald Lee Boyd, Northern Virginia Community College, Karen Richelli-Kolbert, Manhattanville College, School of Education; Marjorie Friedman, Eckerd College, ELS Language Center, Natalie Gast, Customized Language Skills Training; Anna Krauthammer, Touro College; Russell Hirsch, Touro College, Stacy Hagen, Edmonds Community College, Intensive ESL; Lida Baker, University of California, Los-Angeles; Susan Kash-Brown, Southeast Community College.
I have a topnotch professional support team. They allow me to do what I do with enjoyment and ease. Chief among them are Shelley Hartle, my managing editor, whose wide-ranging skills make her my indispensable right hand in all matters, Janet Johnston, publishing and wordsmithery expert par excellence, who cheerfully holds me to account for every dot and letter; Barbara Matthies, the teacher's guide co-author, who is my most splendid (i.e., toughest) critic; and our publisher, Mary Jane Peluso, who smooths our paths in myriad, much appreciated ways. In addition I wish to thank Robin Baliszewski, who as the new president of Prentice Hall Regents has brought a breath of fresh air and renewed dedication to quality in ESL/EFL publication, Stella Reilly, especially for the superb job she did in collating the reviews; Christine Mann, who transformed our disk into a beautifully and precisely formatted text; her colleague, Rachel Baumann; and also Julie Alexander, Aliza Greenblatt, Dom Mosco, Merle Krumper, and Eric Dawson.
I also once again thank Don Martinetti, the illustrator, whose touches of whimsy are so delightful. My appreciation also goes to graphic designer Christine Shrader, creator of the swallow that heralds this third edition. I wish to express special acknowledgment of the contributing writers for the Understanding and Using English Grammar Workbook, Second Edition: Rachel Spack Koch,
Susan Jamieson, Barbara Andrews, and Jeanie Francis. Some of the exercise material
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originally created for the workbook has been woven into this third edition of the student book, and I thank them for the ways in which this material has enrichened the text. In addition, my thanks go to Tina Carver, Stacy Hagen, Mary Barratt, Ayse Stromsdorfer, Bonnie Arndt, Chelsea Azar, Rachel Flaherty, Nick Harris, Joy Edwards, Carolyn Cliff, Sue Van Etten, Patti Gulledge-White, R.T. Steltz, Buffy Cribbs, Bruce Morrow, and in loving memory, Holly Turner. And finally, very special thanks to Larry Harris for his support, his strength, his joie de vivre- and for opening doors.
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