Publisher's Synopsis
Forget the rules! Language is not Mathematics teaches you the easy way to learn and use English tenses. Traditional English grammar exercise books teach you lots of different rules to follow when using English tenses. But these rules are very hard to remember and there are always exceptions. Language is not mathematics. You cannot make a rule that will apply for every situation. An easier and more successful approach is the 'Aspect' approach. Aspect is the way a speaker sees the time of an event. Instead of lots of different rules you only have to learn one aspect per tense. Similarly, with just a simple 'remote aspect', modal verbs, infinitives and conditionals are also much simpler. The Language is not Mathematics book is a self study course for English students at intermediate level and above. It explains the 'Aspect' approach and how to use it for all the main simple and continuous tenses including the present, present perfect, past and past perfect. Each tense has its own chapter with question and answer exercises to test your knowledge. You will be speaking English more fluently and more accurately in days.
