1001 Words You Need to Know and Use: An A-Z of Effective Vocabulary by Martin Manser
7.00 USD
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Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides
An A-Z of Effective Vocabulary covers the meaning and usage of 1001 words that you really do need to know. Whether you need guidance for a letter, job application, essay, proposal, interview, or presentation, this book can help you choose the words you need to create the right effect. Each word is defin ...Show more
Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Jeremy Butterfield (Editor)
5.63 USD
16.79 (66% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides | Series: Oxford Quick Reference Ser.
Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage is an invaluable reference work that offers the best advice on English usage. Known in previous editions as the 'Pocket Fowler', this third edition is a descendant of the original 1926 edition of A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry Fowler. ...Show more
Penguin Guide to Punctuation by R.L. Trask
4.90 USD
13.99 (64% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides | Series: Penguin Reference Bks.
Do you find punctuation difficult? Are you puzzled by colons and semicolons? Unsure of where commas should go? Confused by hyphens and apostrophes? If so, then this jargon-free and succinct guide is for you. The Penguin Guide to Punctuation contains precise and up-to-date definitions of every type of pu ...Show more
The King's English by Kingsley Amis
6.13 USD
13.99 (56% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
"The King's English" is Kingsley Amis' authoritative and witty guide to the use and abuse of the English language. A scourge of illiteracy and a thorn in the side of pretension, Amis provides indispensable advice about the linguistic blunders and barbarities that lie in wait for us, from danglers, four- ...Show more
Elements of Style, the: Pearson New International Edition by William Strunk; E. White
4.50 USD
18.19 (75% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides
You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. The revisions to the new edition are purposely kept minimal in order to retain the book's unique tone, wit, and charm. A new Gl ...Show more
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang by John Ayto
5.78 USD
15.39 (62% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference
Drawing on the unique resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries. The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Sla ...Show more
Have You Eaten Grandma? by Gyles Brandreth
5.48 USD
13.99 (60% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides
The go-to good English guide from the grammar guru himself, Gyles Brandreth . . .__________ Why, like, does everyone keep saying 'like'? Why do apostrophe's keep turning up in the wrong place? Why do we get confused when using foreign phrases - and vice versa? Is it 'may be' or 'maybe'? Should it be ...Show more
Plain Words by Rebecca Gowers
5.48 USD
15.39 (64% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides
"Be short, be simple, be human." When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote Plain Words, it was intended simply as a guide to the proper use of English for the Civil Service. Within a year, however, its humour, charm and authority had made it a bestseller. Since then it has never been out of print. Six decades ...Show more
Semicolon: How a Misunderstood Punctuation Mark Can Improve Your Writing, Enrich Your Reading and even Change Your Life by Cecelia Watson
6.25 USD
14.01 (55% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides
A biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in favour of clear expression and against stifling grammar rules Cecelia Watson used to be obsessive about grammar rules. But then she began teaching. And that was when she realized that strict rules aren't always the best way of te ...Show more
The New Oxford Guide to Writing by Thomas S. Kane
14.43 USD
20.99 (31% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides
Many books on writing tell you how to think more creatively, conjure up an idea, and how to express it clearly and elegantly. Many handbooks offer reliable advice on the use of commas, semicolons and so forth. But The New Oxford Guide to Writing does all three, so that no matter where you find yourself ...Show more
Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language by Bill Bryson
6.13 USD
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Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to . . . ' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongre ...Show more
New Hart's Rules: The Oxford Style Guide by Oxford University Pr
13.13 USD
20.99 (37% off)
Category: Language Usage & Writing Guides
For over a hundred years, Hart's Rules has been the authority on style, helping writers and editors prepare copy for publication. The latest edition of this guide has been updated for the twenty-first century using the resources of Oxford Dictionaries and with the advice of publishing experts. Twenty-o ...Show more