Real language problems need practical solutions with over one and a half million copies sold worldwide, Practical English Usage is the indispensable reference book on language problems in English for teachers and higher-level learners.
- Over 600 entries-listed alphabetically-cover all the important problems
- Information on grammar, vocabulary, idiom, style, pronunciation, spelling
- Examples of everday usage and comon mistakes
- British-American differences.
New in this edition
- Updated entries adn examples based on corpus data and user's comments
- Explanations even clearer and more focused
- New contents list and improved index for easier, faster reference
- Many new topics, including emails, correnctness, polteness, differences between spoken and written English, changes in English
- Don't say it! section - 130 common mistakes and how to avoid them.
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Contents Overview
- Language Terminology
- Don't say it:
130 common mistakes
- Phonetic alphabet
- Practical English Usage
- Index