Longman Guide to English Usage

Longman Guide to English Usage

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This is a practical guide to difficult and disputed points in modern English, both written and spoken. Containing 500 entries it covers a range of language problems in meaning, grammar, spelling, pronunciation, punctuation and style etc providing advice which reflects up-to-date standards and uses. The items are arranged in single alphabetical sequence and are cross-referenced and contain numerous examples of modern usage. The authors have also written an edition of Gowers' "Complete Plain Words".

Author: Sidney Greenbaum
Format: Hardback, 144 pages, 140mm x 200mm, 830 g
Published: 1988, Pearson Education Limited, United Kingdom
Genre: Usage & Writing Guides

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This is a practical guide to difficult and disputed points in modern English, both written and spoken. Containing 500 entries it covers a range of language problems in meaning, grammar, spelling, pronunciation, punctuation and style etc providing advice which reflects up-to-date standards and uses. The items are arranged in single alphabetical sequence and are cross-referenced and contain numerous examples of modern usage. The authors have also written an edition of Gowers' "Complete Plain Words".