Usage is the manner in which written and spoken language is used. H. W. Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage defines usage as «points of grammar, syntax, style, and the choice of words». The Oxford Dictionary of English defines usage as «the way in which a word or phrase is normally and correctly used.
Oxford University Press, 2016. — 1121 p. With this new edition, Oxford University Press has decided to rename the book Garner’s Modern English Usage—using English instead of American. That change restores what had been the idea behind the first edition. The implied global emphasis of English makes more sense today than ever before, given the book’s broadly inclusive approach to...
3rd Edition. — Oxford University Press, 1995. — 161 p. ISBN: 0194321819
Advanced English Practice provides a wide choice ot language practice material for students preparing for the Cambridge Proficiency examination, or working at an equivalent level in universities or language schools. Its aim is to focus on areas of English with which students are already familiar, but which...
London: Oxford, 1956. — 261 p. This book, for foreign students, is a guide to the composition of idiomatic English. Idiom is as much a matter of correct word order as of wide vocabulary or knowledge of syntax; and in this book Mr Hornby describes and tabulates the chief English sentence and phrase patterns, and sets down the numerous idiomatic ways of expressing time-relations...
Cambridge University Press, 2004. — xii, 608 pages. — ISBN13: 978-0-511-19563-1. The Cambridge Guide to English Usage is an A–Z reference book, giving an up-to-date account of the debatable issues of English usage and written style. Its advice draws a wealth of recent research and data from very large corpora of American and British English – illuminating their many divergences...
Second Edition. Alpha, 2003. — 404 pages. ISBN: 1592571158. You’re no idiot, of course. You’ve probably written your share of book reports,, term papers, e-mails, and thank you notes. The rules of writing can be confusing, however, and might result in final drafts riddled with gaffes, typos, and errors! The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Grammar and Style, Second Edition, will take...
Москва: Эксмо, 2016. — 256 с.: ил. — (Выбор лучших преподавателей). — ISBN: 978-5-699-78167-6. На самом деле британцы и американцы не любят вельветовые диваны, сатиновые вечерние платья и клубнику с кремом. Это все проделки «ложных друзей переводчика». В этой книге собраны самые распространенные коварные слова, которые сбивают с толку даже опытных переводчиков, не говоря уже о...
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