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Literally, the Best Language Book Ever
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Paul Yeager |
By turns gleefully precise and happily contrarian,this is a highly opinionated guide to bettercommunication. In Literally, the Best LanguageBook Ever, author Paul Yeager attacks with alinguistic scal… |
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Still lost in translation
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Charlie Croker |
A hilarious collection of the mangled English found in tourist destinations all over the worldHave you ever arrived in a hotel room and been baffled by the information provided? Beware of your luggag… |
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Under the grammar hammer
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Douglas Cazort |
Answers basic questions about English grammar and explains how to avoid mistakes. |
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Common grammatical mistakes
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Ann Riggs |
"An examination of the rules behind English grammar, focusing on the most common mistakes made by writers--including dangling participles, run-on sentences, and misused words--and how to fix them"--P… |
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Grammar and usage review
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Frank Pintozzi,Devin Pintozzi |
Lessons and exercises designed to help students practice English grammar and its usage and to teach the concepts and skills emphasized on end-of -grade tests and high school exit exams. |
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Bad English
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Ammon Shea |
"The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language 'mistakes' and how they came to be accepted as correct--or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from… |
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The dictionary of worthless words
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Dave Dowling |
Contains 3,000 unessential and pointless words and phrases that make writing clumsy and unclear, and offers examples of more concise alternatives. |
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Barron's 1001 pitfalls in French
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James H. Grew,Annie Heminway,Daniel D. Olivier |
A supplementary textbook outlining fundamentals of the French language and providing help for common obstacles such as troublesome words, difficult sentence structure, and the metric system. |
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Lost in translation
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Chris Stone |
Wacky, weird, and wonderful snapshots of the English language being abused around the world. Whether it's unforgivable grammar, bad spelling, or just plain old terrible translations, these 140 photos… |
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500 fautes d'orthographe à ne plus commettre
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Bernard Laygues |
Passe en revue les fautes les plus courantes et donne une explication de l'orthographe de ces mots facile à mémoriser. |
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1001 pitfalls in Spanish
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Marion Peter Holt |
A supplementary textbook outlining fundamentals of the Spanish language and providing help for common obstacles such as complex sentence structure, vocabulary, and telephone conversations. |
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More anguished English
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Richard Lederer |
Humorous abuses and errors in the use of English |
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On language
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William Safire |
Written by a New York Times columnist renowned for his crotchety wit, this tome enlightens readers concerning proper usage, correct pronunciation, the roots of daily discourse, and the vacuous lingo … |
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Harper dictionary of contemporary usage
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Mary Morris,William Morris,William Morris |
Includes commentaries on the use and misuse of contemporary words and phrases. |
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Common errors in English usage
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Paul Brians |
"A reference guide to English usage errors"-- |
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Don't
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Oliver Bell Bunce |
This is Henry Hitching's description from Five Best in the WSJ...
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5. This curiou… |
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