[DewarHolmes]

Hmm...not so good. I know Hiragana, Katakana, a little bit of Kanji, and a handful of phrases. I recently purchased the book "Minna No Nihongo" (unfortunately, I bought the Romaji version instead of the Hiragana) and I started to study the grammar, but I'm thinking it might be a good idea to get become acquainted with English grammar before I move ahead. (I was having difficulty even with the simple rules about Japanese particles.)
Do you have any recommendations for English grammar books? (Any advice that would save me searching at the 20,000 + books out there would be good. Haha.)