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"For clear, precise explanations of all aspects of English grammar, look no further than [this book]! As a beginning learner of English, you might find that grammar concepts can be confusing. To make progress with your English skills, you need guidance through tricky grammar areas. This book will help develop mastery. The more you practice, the more you become proficient in how you use English. [This book] will help increase your confidence in writing...
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Affect or effect?
Right, write, or rite?
Soul or sole?
Two, too, or to?
English can certainly be a confusing language, whether you're a native speaker or learning it as a second language. The Right Word is the essential reference to help anyone master its subtleties and avoid the most common mistakes.
Divided into three sections, The Right Word first examines homophones, those tricky words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Entries...
7) E-mergency
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English
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The letter E has fallen and injured herself-- which letters will replace her and how will words be spelled without her?
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English
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"Based on a popular blog with a simple idea, HOMOPHONES VISUALIZED illustrates groups of words that are spelled differently but pronounced the same, putting them in a context everyone can understand. For example, the GOLF/GULF spread shows someone hitting a golf ball across a gulf on the course. Or a sail on a boat is paired with a boat for sale. The images are often related in some way, adding extra laughs, like when someone is beating someone else...
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English
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The author of The Chicago Manual of Style's popular "Grammar and Usage" chapter, Bryan A. Garner is renowned for explaining the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity. With The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, he has written the definitive guide for writers who want their prose to be both memorable and correct.
Garner describes standard literary English-the forms that mark writers and speakers as educated...
14) In
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IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Through minimal text and cut-paper illustrations, shows the many things a boy can enjoy while inside his house, then outside, then in again. Includes a list of the author's favorite owls.
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2023.
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A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word. For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak.
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