Practical English UsageThis unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is about grammar, but it also covers selected points of vocabulary, idioms, style, pronunciation, and spelling. · Over 600 concise, authoritative entries. · Explanations and examples based on current corpus research. · Entries on "kinds of English," covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change. |
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Contents
varieties and styles of English | 1 |
other words and expressions | 3 |
1 me you etc 4289 | 9 |
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actions adjectives adverb American English answer arrive auxiliary verb beginning better British English called clauses comes common Compare determiner direct don't dropped English especially example expressions feel finished followed forms friends future give happen hope idea important indirect infinitive informal style interested It's kind language late leave less live look married meaning meeting names natural negative never nice normally Note noun object passive past past participle person play plural polite possessive possible preposition present present perfect progressive pronouns questions rain refer relative sentence similar simple singular situations sometimes speak speech stop structures suggest talk tell tenses Thank There's things thought told tomorrow understand usually verbs wait week wish writing