Brians Paul. Common Errors in English Usage 2nd Edition

Publisher: ABHISHEK PUBLICATIONS Date: 2010 Format: PDF Pages: 225 In fact, in today's world speaking English has become a necessity. All the companies are recruiting only those people who speak fluent and correct English. With all this, happening one cannot afford to live without speaking English. This book is to improve your English speaking skills. This book will help you in speaking better and correct English. After reading this b...

Cottonwood Press, Inc, 2001, ISBN: 187767351X, 168 pages, PDF, 1,2 MB. HOW TO AVOID ENGLISH TEACHERS' PET PEEVES is a book that helps writers avoid the annoying little errors that English teachers encounter nearly every day as they read student papers. It addresses the mistakes that make English teachers wince or, on really bad days, want to give up teaching and embark on a career selling real estate or life insurance. It is not intended to addr...

English usage is a subject as wide as the English language itself. By far the greater part of usage, however, raises no controversies and poses no problems for native speakers of English, just because it is their natural idiom. In the Guide the subject of usage is divided into four fields: word formation, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Each field is covered by a separate section of the book, and each of the four sections has its own alph...

Pearson Education Limited, 2002. - 201 с. Focuses on typical student errors - words which are confused or misused - and how to avoid them. Offers correct versions and explanations for more than 550 typical errors Completely updated to reflect modern English usage Lists and summaries covering specific grammatical points, plus everyday irregular verbs in all their forms. First published 1936. Sixth edition 2002. Preface to the Sixth Editio...

A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996. THIS book is designed to inform you about current problems in English usage so you can make intelligent decisions when communicating. When confronted with a choice about a usage, you may ask yourself a number of questions: Has this usage been criticized for some reason in the past? If so, are these criticisms substantial? What are the linguistic and social issues involved? Have...

Publisher: Living Language. Date: 2009 Format: MP3. Do you want to take your English learning to the next level? Fluent English is the ideal course for developing native-like fluency in English. It focuses on the English learning essentials–idiomatic expressions, verbs, practical vocabulary, and grammar usage in context–and builds listening comprehension as well as pronunciation and intonation skills. In this program you’ll find numerous oppo...

Paul Brians - Professor of English Washington State University. 2006. Errors and other strange and amusing word confusions, Commonly misspelled words.

Second Edition. ALPHA. 432 p. Contents Part 1: No Uncertain Terms 1 Are You Grammarphobic? Probe your feeling about grammar and get clear definitions for grammar, usage, mechanics, and style. 2 Conan the Grammarian Discover the most common grammar errors, assess your own writing strengths, and find out how you can improve your writing—right now! Part 2: Under the Grammar Hammer 3 Parts of Speech: Coming to Terms Play with the building blocks...

Oxford university press, second edition, 1995. Practical English Usage is a dictionary of problem points in the language for foreign students and their teachers.

The ABC of Common Grammatical Errors is a practical reference book which provides teachers and learners with the information they need to examine and correct grammatical errors. (Intermediate to Advanced)