<p>"Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases" is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, this book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes from Antony and Cleopatra, that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing, or even that we've been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century. "Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases" is part of the "Penguin Reference Library" and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world - making knowledge everybody's property.</p>

Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases

Reference

Allen, R.E.

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Penguin??Books

With 55,000 entries and 80,000 definitions, this paperback dictionary provides succinct coverage of the vocabulary of everyday life, including phrases, idioms and abbreviations. Special attention is paid to the new language of technology and the information sciences.

The Oxford Dictionary of Current English: Based on the Pocket Oxford Dictionary

Seidl, Jennifer

McMordie, W.

Oxford University Press

Quick answers to more than 60,000 difficult spellings (jewellery and vacuum), and guidelines on hundreds of proper names (Gadaffi and Reykjavik), problematic apostrophes (Achilles' heel and April Fool's Day), hyphenation (air-cushion and air hostess), and confusable words (complement and compliment). The text will benefit all those seeking guidance on spelling, word-division, and hyphenation: writers, journalists, editors, secretaries, etc.

The Oxford Spelling Dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference)

The Attalid Kingdom, centered on Pergamon, was the most important of the kingdoms of Asia Minor that emerged in the third and second centuries B.C. The first authoritative treatment of the subject since 1906, this book assesses the copious epigraphical evidence, discusses the significance of the reign of Attalos I and the of the Roman settlement of Asia in 188 B.C., and reconsiders many aspects of civic, fiscal, and religious policies.

The Attalid Kingdom: A Constitutional History

History

Ancient Civilizations

<p>This book will show you how to recognize and solve your spelling weaknesses, tackle confusable words, and understand how spelling changes because of grammar.</p>

Get Ahead in Spelling

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Perfect for you if you have problems with punctuation, this new book is packed full of sound advice that will boost your self-confidence. In two sections-one giving step-by-step advice, and the other a quick reference section-it gives common strategies for making the right choices, and uses real examples from newspapers, magazines, and literature. Highly practical and designed for adults, it makes an often forbidding subject readable. Illustrated: cartoons, boxes, 'dos' and 'don'ts', easy to follow sections Practical: how punctuation can improve your writing, how to structure a sentence, compound and complex sentences, using semicolons or colons, speech and quotations, and more Problem solving: where to place commas, punctuation in addresses, numbers, and dates, complex sentences, full stops in abbreviations Point-by-point: guidance on each punctuation mark, including brackets, dashes, slashes, question marks, apostrophes, hyphens

Get Ahead in Punctuation

Words, Language & Grammar

The Oxford spelling dictionary

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Plato's Euthyphro and the Earlier Theory of Forms [International Library of Philosophy and Scientific Method]

Humanities Press

Did Plato abandon, or sharply modify, the Theory of Forms in later life? In the Phaedo, Symposium, and Republic it is generally agreed that Plato held that universals exist. But in Parmenides, he subjected that theory to criticism. If the criticism were valid, and Plato knew so, then the Parmenides marks a turning point in his thought. If, however, Plato became aware that there are radical differences in the logical behaviour of concepts, and the later dialogues are a record of his attempt to analyse those differences, then Plato’s thought can be said to have moved in a new and vitally important direction after the Parmenides. Studies in Plato’s Metaphysics brings together twenty essays by leading philosophers from the UK and the USA reflecting upon this important issue and upon the questions arising from it.

Studies in Plato's "Metaphysics" (International Library of Philosophy)

Humanities Press Intl

Plato's 'Euthyphro' and earlier theory of Forms, (International library of philosophy and scientific method)

Politics & Social Sciences

Honderich, Ted (series editor)

Philosophy

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