The Grammar Guide section of this wiki is a comprehensive online grammar of English. It contains hundreds of pages on all aspects of English grammar in various contexts.

Grammar is essentially the "glue" which holds words together and gives them meaning in context. It comprises rules by which we can assign meaning: for example, in English we have a rule that says the subject of a declarative sentence comes first which means that when I say "Peter hit Joe" we all understand that Joe has a black eye and not Peter.

Is it important to know? Well, if you are a student learning English then most definitely, yes. If you are a teacher teaching English, then most definitely, yes. (And here's why.)

Having said this, should grammar be taught in ESL classes? Yes, is the answer, but with care. See the article Teaching Grammar for more on this...

Finding What you Need

There are different ways to get around the Grammar Guide.

• Browse the links below - these give the main categories & sub-categories within the guide.
• Use the search box at the top of each page; just put in a word like "noun" or "past tense" to see what comes up.
• Once you have found an article about the grammar topic you're after, at the bottom of it you'll see related articles; click on those to surf through the guide.