The Basics of English Usage
1st Edition
Published on 2. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-415-47023-0 (ISBN)
Description
Should I say "He is taller than I" or "He is taller than me?"
Do you spell it "blond" or "blonde"?
If you've ever been stopped in your tracks by questions like these, then this book is for you. A complete pocket guide to the ins and outs of everyday English, The Basics of English Usage will tell you all you need to know about such topics as:
correct spelling
good grammar and style
punctuation and how to use it
problem words that everyone gets wrong.
Including guides to further reading and online resources, The Basics of English Usage is an indispensable survival guide for anyone wanting to improve their writing and communication.
Do you spell it "blond" or "blonde"?
If you've ever been stopped in your tracks by questions like these, then this book is for you. A complete pocket guide to the ins and outs of everyday English, The Basics of English Usage will tell you all you need to know about such topics as:
correct spelling
good grammar and style
punctuation and how to use it
problem words that everyone gets wrong.
Including guides to further reading and online resources, The Basics of English Usage is an indispensable survival guide for anyone wanting to improve their writing and communication.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 172 mm
Width: 119 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-47023-0 (9780415470230)
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Wynford Hicks
The Basics of English Usage
Book
09/2020
1st Edition
Routledge
€274.84
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Person
Wynford Hicks is a freelance journalist and editorial trainer. He has worked as a reporter, subeditor, feature writer, editor and editorial consultant on magazines, newspapers and books. He is the author of Quite Literally and English for Journalists, now in its third edition.
Content
1 Introduction -- 2 Spelling -- Words people get wrong -- Confusions -- I before e -- Plurals -- Suffixes -- American spelling -- Program/programme -- Spelling of French words -- 2 Grammar and style -- 3 Problem words -- 4 Punctuation -- Accents, accent marks, diacritics -- Apostrophe -- Asterisk, star -- Bold -- Brackets, round, square, angle, brace -- Bullet point, blob -- Capitals, caps, upper case -- Caret -- Colon -- Comma -- Dagger, obelisk -- Dash -- Ditto marks -- Dots, ellipsis, leader dots -- Exclamation mark, screamer, shriek -- Full stop, full point, period -- Hash -- Hyphen -- Italics -- Numbers, fractions, dates -- Paragraph break -- Question mark, query -- Quote marks, quotes, inverted commas -- Semicolon -- Slash, bar, diagonal, oblique, shilling mark, solidus, stroke, virgule -- Underlining -- Further reading.