Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage is an invaluable quick-reference work, providing clear, practical and up-to-date guidance on questions of grammar, spelling, style, and word choice. Jeremy Butterfield has judiciously revised the text to reflect the English usage practices and concerns of the 21st century.
A comprehensive guide to the English language provides detailed and expert information on grammar, style, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation with clear explanations and example sentences.
Using evidence from the world's largest language databank, the Oxford English Corpus, Butterfield uncovers fascinating facts about the English language. Where does our vocabulary come from? How is our language really being used? How do word meanings change? This entertaining book has the authoritative answers to key questions about our language.
Helps visitors to England, be they English speakers or not, to understand the natives. This title covers everything from catchphrases to rhyming slang, from cultural references to truncated idioms, from Whittington to Del Boy and beyond.
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Offers the user a guide to communicating in French. This work is useful for learners of French of various ages. It gives you the phrases you need in order to communicate effectively in natural French. There are many examples to show how French is really used.
Español Inglés English Spanish - 8th Edition
This ninth edition includes the latest vocabulary from a wide range of fields, including the Internet, computing and business. Further help for the user is provided by new lexical and grammatical notes tackling classic translation problems. Ideal for advanced learners of Spanish.
This edition has been fully revised to include thousands of the latest buzz and hi-tech words, as well as new meanings from the Bank of English. It includes a much wider and richer range of words than ever before, including regional and dialect words, and coverage of World English.
