Practical English Usage
Thoroughly revised following extensive research with current users of the book. New features make it easier for users to find their way around the book. All the most popular entries are retained, but almost all the entries have been modified to make them clearer and more effective in solving readers' problems. Explanations and examples now based on current corpus research. New entries on 'Kinds of English', covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change.rnKey FeaturesrnrnCorpus-based revisionsrnNotes on changes in EnglishrnNotes on spoken grammarrnExtended coverage of British-American English differencesrnSection on text messaging and emailsrnMaterial on standardization and dialectsrnDiagrams for tense usern'Don't say it' sectionrnFast-find contents overview.
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