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This unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is about grammar, but it also covers selected points of vocabulary, idiom, style, pronunciation, and spelling.
Features:
Over 600 concise, authoritative entries.
Explanations and examples now based on current corpus research.
All of the most popular entries are retained, and most have been modified to make them clearer, and more effective in solving problems.
New entries on "kinds of English", covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change.
Synopsis:
This unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is about grammar, but it also covers selected points of vocabulary, idioms, style, pronunciation, and spelling.
- Over 600 concise, authoritative entries.
- Explanations and examples based on current corpus research.
- Entries on kinds of English, covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change.
Synopsis:
This unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is about grammar, but it also covers selected points of vocabulary, idiom, style, pronunciation, and spelling.
Practical English Usage
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"Synopsis"
by Ingram,
This unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is about grammar, but it also covers selected points of vocabulary, idioms, style, pronunciation, and spelling.
- Over 600 concise, authoritative entries.
- Explanations and examples based on current corpus research.
- Entries on kinds of English, covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change.
"Synopsis"
by Netread,
This unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is about grammar, but it also covers selected points of vocabulary, idiom, style, pronunciation, and spelling.
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