This user-friendly book offers help to those who need to brush up their English. In short, easily-understood sections, it deals with punctuation, sentence construction and spelling, and tackles common pitfalls. It shows how to adopt different styles and exercises and illustratio…
Usage and abusage: a guide to good English
This lively, practical guide provides a fascinating linguistic description of six familiar text and discourse types, including news reporting, sports commentary and advertising, in order to demonstrate how language works in everyday life.
This lively, practical guide provides a fascinating linguistic description of six familiar text and discourse types, including news reporting, sports commentary and advertising, in order to demonstrate how language works in everyday life.
"Global English Slang brings together twenty key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang around the world today.The book illustrates the application of a range of different methodologies to the study of slang and demonstrates the inter…