Language Usage Guides
"Eats, Shoots & Leaves"The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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A guide to perfect punctuation, for everyone who cares about precise writing. Hardback, 228 pages. Size: 194 x 133 mm. Weight: 303g.
Author: Truss, Lynne
ISBN: 1861976127
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Language Usage Guides
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"Write Right"A Desktop Digest of Punctuation, Grammar and Style
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This volume presents hard-to-grasp concepts in an easy-to-get format, with practical advice, examples and discussions on usage and style. This fourth edition has been completely revised and updated. With illustrations, glossary. 4 rev ed. Paperback, 206 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 236g.
Author: Venolia, Jan
ISBN: 1580083285
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Date: 2001 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Language Usage Guides
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"Cheerio Tom, Dick and Harry"Despatches From the Hospice of Fading Words
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From wordmeister Ruth Wajnryb, a witty and thought provoking examination of the words that once peppered our language but are now fading from use. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 195 x 131 mm. Weight: 274g.
Author: Wajnryb, Ruth
ISBN: 1741149932
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Date: 2007 (Australia)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Language Usage Guides
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"Action Research for Language Teachers"
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"Cambridge Teacher Training & Development" series; Williams, Marion (ed.) This practical guide can be used by teachers who wish to develop their professional expertise by investigating their teaching in a systematic and organised way. With 25 tables. Paperback, 285 pages. Size: 228 x 153 mm. Weight: 585g.
Author: Wallace, Michael J.
ISBN: 0521555353
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: ELT / Tefl Language Usage Guides
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"Lapsing Into a Comma"A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print - and How to Avoid Them
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The copy chief for the Washington Post business desk offers an entertaining but practical guide to the ins and outs of modern language usage, discussing the complexities of modern style, grammar, punctuation, and trendy words, foreign terms, and web speak. Original. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 213 x 139 mm. Weight: 334g.
Author: Walsh, Bill
ISBN: 0809225352
Publisher: Contemporary Books Inc
Date: 2001 (Usa)
Readership: Research/Professional Language Usage Guides
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"English Grammar for Dummies"
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"For Dummies" series; If you're confused by commas, perplexed by pronouns, and plain terrified by tenses, this work helps you: avoid common grammatical errors; get to grips with apostrophes; structure sentences correctly, use verbs, and find the right tense. It covers topics ranging from sentence basics to rules even your English teacher didn't know. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 234 x 187 mm. Weight: 704g.
Author: Ward, Lesley Woods, Geraldine
ISBN: 0470057521
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Language Usage Guides
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"Better Wordpower"
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"Oxford Paperback Reference" series; A vocabulary builder for those who want to improve their command of English. The first part of this book consists of a 'tool kit' of information with advice on how to build your vocabulary. The second part is a reference section, covering confusables, spelling and word elements, foreign words and phrases, noun lists, and a lexicon of hard words. With 10 line drawings. New ed. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 196 x 129 mm. Weight: 269g.
Author: Whitcut, Janet
ISBN: 0192801082
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Language Usage Guides
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"The Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors"
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Useful to check the meaning and the origin of an expression or to avoid mixed metaphors, anachronisms and incongruities. This work presents a collection of metaphors, and includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It also contains sayings from North America, Australia, and Scotland. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 246 x 174 mm. Weight: 685g.
Author: Wilkinson, P.R.
ISBN: 0415430844
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Language Usage Guides
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"Psychology for Language Teachers"A Social Constructivist Approach
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"Cambridge Language Teaching Library" series; This book considers the field of educational psychology and its applications to language teaching. With 20 tables. Paperback, 250 pages. Size: 228 x 151 mm. Weight: 413g.
Author: Williams, M. Burden, Robert L.
ISBN: 0521498805
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: ELT / Tefl Language Usage Guides
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"My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?)"Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English
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Takes you on a tour of the English language, through rules and conditions for the grammatically unaware. This book highlights the common pitfalls that English language user faces on a day to day basis. With ill. Hardback, 192 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 334g.
Author: Wines, J. A. Taggart, Caroline
ISBN: 1843173107
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Language Usage Guides
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"The Dictionary of Uncomfortable Words"What to Avoid Saying in Any Conversation
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More than 650 words and definitions. These are not 'dirty words' but they cause a markedly uncomfortable reaction in a group. Each word is followed by a brief explanation of why it makes peole uneasy when spoken. With illustrations. Hardback, 144 pages. Size: 180 x 130 mm. Weight: 468g.
Author: Witham, Andrew Snyder, Brian
ISBN: 1581824270
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing,Us
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Language Usage Guides
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"Schirmer's Complete Rhyming Dictionary"
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Hardback, 880 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 1368g.
Author: Zollo, Paul
ISBN: 0825673496
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Language Usage Guides
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"Splash!"
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With illustrations, (some colour ). Paperback, 28 pages. Size: 300 mm. Weight: 177g.
Author: McDonnell, Flora
ISBN: 1852694947
Publisher: Mantra Publishing
Date: 1999 (UK) (in English).
Readership: General Language Workbooks, Practice Books & Exercises
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"Lexical Markers of Common Grounds"
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"Studies in Pragmatics" series; The multifaceted and heterogeneous category of common ground is central to theories of pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse and context. This book reviews the approaches to common ground from the perspective of lexical markers. Organized into two parts, it discusses the relationship between mechanisms of grounding. With illustrations. Hardback, 224 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 480g.
Author: (Fetzer, Anita, ed.)
ISBN: 0080453228
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Date: 2006 (Netherlands)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Lexicography
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"Practical Lexicography"A Reader
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This reader collects some of the best and most useful work in practical lexicography, focusing on the central issues and hottest topics in the field. An essential resource for all students and scholars of lexicography and lexicology as well as professional lexicographers. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 246 x 171 mm. Weight: 728g.
Author: (Fontenelle, Thierry, ed.)
ISBN: 0199292345
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Lexicography
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