Better English Usage
Express Yourself Clearly
Published on 16. April 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84205-760-5 (ISBN)
Description
Useful to both students of Standard English in schools and colleges as well as learners of English as a foreign language. This book explains common mistakes in English and how to correct your use of the language. Useful to both students of Standard English in schools and colleges as well as learners of English as a foreign language. This book explains English in contemporary use.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd
Target group
Adult education
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84205-760-5 (9781842057605)
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E-Book
08/2014
Geddes and Grosset
€4.99
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Person
Betty Kirkpatrick is a graduate of Edinburgh University and has a long career in reference publishing. She has edited Chambers Twentieth Century Dictonary, Roget's Thesaurus and many other reference books that include Bloomsbury's Encarta Dictionary.
Content
How vocabulary changes in English; Changes in grammar; split infinitives; punctuation; irregular nouns; common problems in English and how to surmount them; verbs; sexism in English and how to avoid it; homophones; words that sound the same but are different.