Michael Lewis's 'The English Verb' is not a book about teaching English exactly, but it contains much that is wise and useful for English teachers (by which I mean EFL teachers) to consider. However, the book is mostly an examination of the central semantic meanings of the different verb forms contained within the English language. Not for Michael Lewis the idea of 'rules and exceptions' - if there are exceptions to the rule, then the rule must be wrong. This iconoclastic approach - Lewis takes exception to many of the ways in which grammar is broached in other books - is revelatory, and will change the way that EFL teachers consider what - and how - they teach. ( )