Mastering English Usage

Reference

Whitcut, Janet

Ilson, Robert

Words, Language & Grammar

PRENTICE/HALL

The Complete Plain Words is the essential guide for anyone who needs to express themselves clearly, fluently and accurately in writing. Whether you are working on a paper or on a computer, this invaluable reference work will lead you through the intricacies, problems and pleasures of the English language with wit, common sense and authority.

Complete Plain Words 3rd Edition

Greenbaum, Sidney

Gowers, Ernest Sir

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Penguin Uk

A new edition of Eric Partridge's English usage guide. It has been edited and revised by Janet Whitcut. Attacking linguistic abusage of all kinds, this guide explores a wide range of grammatical pitfalls and problems, and offers advice on the proper use of English.

Usage And Abusage 2nd Edition

Partridge, Eric.

The unusually rich vocabulary of the English language is the result of new words from all over the world being freely assimilated. House, man, bread, and speak, among our most basic words, arrived with the Saxons, while the Vikings added law, egg, sister, and sky. From the 11th century onwards, new vocabulary was introduced from France and from classical Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Traders, explorers, and settlers enriched the English language further with words like alcohol, sofa, and candy from Arabic, canoe from Arawakan, and curry, shampoo, bungalow, and dungaree from the Indian subcontinent. All these and many other words are collected here. As well as exploring their often exotic source, there are also famous, unusual, or funny examples of their use, with entries arranged thematically. For anyone interested in the extraordinary richness of the English language, this highly original reference work is a must.

The Penguin Book of Exotic Words

Longman Guide to English Usage

A guide to modern English containing 5000 entries which clarify every kind of usage problems, presented in alphabetical order. Guidance on points of grammar, meaning, style, spelling, pronunciation and punctuation is provided. Special attention is paid to the differences between American and British English.

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

This easy-to-use guide helps readers improve their wordpower and is full of practical advice on how to effectively manage dictionaries, thesauri, and other language reference books. Useful tips for tackling spelling and the meaning of difficult words are included, along with a comprehensive reference section that highlights easily confused words, foreign terms, and word formation. Topic-based noun lists, covering architecture, the human body, countries, music, mathematics, and language help expand vocabulary, and a lexicon of "hard" words provides needed assistance with the most problematic terms. Overall, this book allows readers to develop a better understanding as well as to finesse their use of the English language.

Better Wordpower (Oxford Quick Reference)

Oxford University Press

Do you "bale out" of an airplane or do you "bail out"? What is the meaning of the French expression amour propre? In Better Wordpower, Janet Whitcut provides language lovers and serious writers--and anyone who wants to improve his or her communications skills--with a wealth of advice and information. Whitcut tackles a variety of subjects, ranging from common pitfalls of spelling--for instance, "confusable" words (alternate/alternative, bail/bale)--to frequently seen foreign phrases such as amour propre (self respect), faux pas (tactless blunder), and pis aller (a last resort). Indeed, she explores many powerful ways of building one's vocabulary, including a list of antonyms and a section of word endings. The latter half of the book is a smorgasbord of words, packed with specialized vocabulary lists, including architectural terms (with diagrams), art techniques and styles, terms from astronomy, botany, and computers, musical directions, ships and nautical terms, winds and weather. Finally, Whitcut offers us a lexicon of hard words, from aam (a former liquid wine measure) to zymosis (fermentation). Here then is a book that will appeal to anyone who wants to write (or read) better, filled with useful tips for the beginning as well as the advanced writer.

Better Wordpower

Clarifies correct usage for five thousand entries, and covers grammar, style, spelling, and pronunciation

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Covers letter writing, diction, correctness of vocabulary, prepositions, pronouns, verbs, punctuation and usage trends

The Complete Plain Words

Sidney Greenbaum

Gowers, Ernest

David R Godine Pub

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Mastering English Usage

Complete Plain Words 3rd Edition

Usage And Abusage 2nd Edition

The Penguin Book of Exotic Words

Longman Guide to English Usage

Better Wordpower (Oxford Quick Reference)

Better Wordpower

Longman Guide to English Usage

The Complete Plain Words