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The Joy Of English: 100 Illuminating Conversations about the English
This is a pencil-sharp book about English for anyone who ever needs to write. In an easy-to-read style, it offers accessible and constructive advice to help you improve your English...
That's The Way It Crumbles: The American Conquest of the English
Are we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms...
Easy Learning English Conversation Book 2: Your essential guide to
The home of trusted English learner's dictionaries for everyday language learning. Collins Easy Learning English Conversation: Book 2 is a unique guide to communicating in English. Building on the phrases...
Vocabulary and Grammar for the TOEFL iBT (R) Test (Collins English for the TOEFL Test)
Master essential grammar, boost your vocabulary, and improve your TOEFL score! Collins Vocabulary and Grammar for the TOEFL iBT (R) Test is designed to help students master the vocabulary and...
The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People
A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller A Times bestseller A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024 A Spectator Book of the Year What kind of...
The English Languages
Hundreds of millions of people use English every day everywhere in the world, but may or may not succeed in understanding each other. Despite the success of its standard form...
The Use of Photography
The Use of Photographyrecounts a passionate love affair between Annie Ernaux and the journalist and author Marc Marie, after the two met in January 2003. Ernaux had been receiving intensive...
The Stories of English
The fabulous paperback for all fans of Bill Bryson and Melvyn Bragg. When and why did 'thou' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said 'observation' or 'hobservation'?...
Genitives in Early English: Typology and Evidence
This book examines the evidence for the development of adnominal genitives (the knight's sword, the nun's priest's tale, etc.) in English. During the Middle English period the genitive inflection -es...
English Grammar: Understanding the Basics
Looking for an easy-to-use guide to English grammar? This handy introduction covers all the basics of the subject, using a simple and straightforward style. Students will find the book's step-by-step...
By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English
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The Story Of English
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew forces have shaped human civilisation as profoundly as the English language, and The Story of English charts...
Stellar English: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Grammar and Style
An indispensable guide to essential principles of English grammar and usage. Stellar English lays out the fundamentals of effective writing, from word choice and punctuation to parts of speech and...
The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English
From Ice Cube to You Tube via 'Singlish' and Bouncebackability - Mark Abley travels the globe to report on the dynamic new forces shaping the future of the English language...
The King's English: And How to Use It
Constantly confused by the difference between adjectives and adverbs? Still can't figure out how to use a semi-colon? Or simply want to refresh the English language knowledge you learnt from...
The English
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The Queen's English: And How to Use It
Author: Bernard C. Lamb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 What is good English, and why do we need it?The Queen's English shows how the English language, used properly, has...
By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English
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Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English (Abusus Non Tollit Usum)
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Stellar English: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Grammar and Style
Author: Frank L. Cioffi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 An indispensable guide to essential principles of English grammar and usage. Stellar English lays out the fundamentals of effective writing,...
A New English Style: Timeless Interiors
Step into the enchanting world of Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham, two visionary designers known for their English country house style, who are celebrated for their 'future heritage' approach to...
English Poetry In The Sixteenth Century
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A foundational work in Renaissance literary studies, English Poetry in the Sixteenth...
English: A Story of Marmite, Queuing and Weather
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My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English
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McCarthy's Field Guide to Grammar: Natural English Usage and Style
You ain't gonna like it: bad grammar's not so bad. - The Times Remember all those grammar rules from school? No? Most of us don't. Mike McCarthy, renowned corpus linguist...
A-Z of English Grammar & Usage New Edition
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In a completely thoroughly edition of 'An A-Z of English Grammar and Usage' - an established favourite among teachers - Geoffrey leech and his colleagues provide teachers and learners of...
Martin Eden
Jack London's semiautobiographical critique of individualism that touches on contemporary issues like socialism and mental illness, now two major motion pictures one directed by Pietro Marcello, the other by Jay...
My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English
Author: Caroline Taggart Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 An amusing foray into the complexities of the English language, this title covers a range of grammatical errors from...
Story of English
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English Grammar Essentials For Dummies - Australia
The fun and easy way to learn essential grammar rules, common usage errors, and other key concepts in the English language Understanding the rules of English is key to being...
I Used to Know That: English
Author: Patrick Scrivenor Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Relearn the essential rules of the English language, from grammar and punctuation to sentence construction. Also includes parts of speech and...
My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English
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Mother Tongue: The English Language
Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue is a hymn to the English language. In examining how a second-rate, mongrel tongue came to be the undisputed language of the globe. Bryson explores English...
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: The
An indispensable, New York Times-bestselling guide to the craft of writing from Random House's long-time copy chief and one of Twitter's leading language gurus. 'An utterly delightful book to read,...
I Used to Know That: English
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The Emergence of Standard English
Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. John H. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrating that the standardization of writing and pronunciation was,...
Unlocking the English Language
At a time when many people fear that the English language is entering a period of serious decline, the author of this book takes a more optimistic view. He believes...
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
This reference offers clear and immediate access to over 1000 grammatical terms and their meanings. The explanations are accompanied by quotations from existing works on grammar. The wider subject of...
A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words,...
The King's English
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodLong before style guides became an industry, H.W. Fowler and F.G. Fowler delivered a definitive verdict on the English language with The King's English — a...
Hereward The Wake: 'Last Of The English'
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Author: Charles KingsleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan & Co., 1900Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner sticker to FEP,...