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Book SynopsisOn the Tip of My Tongue is a witty and chatty curated list of words for everyday life encounters.Trade Reviewyou’ll do well to improve on this sparkling and idiosyncratic meditation on words and their meanings, from an actor-turned-writer… -- Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *Books of the Year 2022 * The Spectator *Table of ContentsIntroduction How to tool up before we get started How to speak like a thespian decline politely, or impolitely throw shade (and keep your dignity intact) say it with flowers talk about gender colour your emotions identify emotional overload dodge offence (while speaking your mind) describe all your corporeal bits and juices talk euphemistically about the bathroom follow Mrs Higgins’s advice and talk about the weather have fun with collective nouns speak like a movie star wax rhapsodic be brave describe what you do (and how you are remunerated) talk about money (if you must) describe just how far you would like to go, how much you want and when sashay with sartorial elegance navigate the many metaphors of sex describe each chapter of a love affair be naughty but nice speak like a personal trainer verbivore allow the culinary to feed our discourse let the music in successfully close your lexical bin A Final Word Thanks Index

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Book SynopsisA re-issue of the popular 2017 hardback edition, The Accidental Apostrophe.____________________________________The trouble with punctuation - well, one of the troubles, anyway - is that too many of the experts suggest leaving it to the writer's judgement. What use is that if you've simply never been taught the difference between a colon and a semicolon, or where those wretched apostrophes go?'Engagingly written, the book is highly readable and will make you think about the way you use punctuation - and that's got to be a good thing' - Parents in Touch ____________________________________Caroline Taggart, who has made a name for herself expounding on the subjects of grammar, usage and words generally (and who for decades made her living putting in the commas in other people's work), takes her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation. She points out what matters and what doesn't; why using six exclamation marks where one will do is perfectly OK in a text but will lose you marks at school; why hang glider pilots in training really need a hyphen; and how throwing in the odd semicolon will impress your friends. Sometimes opinionated but never dogmatic, she is an ideal guide to the (perceived) minefield that is punctuation.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted English learner''s dictionaries for everyday language learning.Collins Easy Learning English Spelling is suitable for anyone who wants to improve their spelling and write more accurately and impressively. By describing the important features of English spelling and rules to use, this book makes spelling easy.Using simple explanations and corpus examples, Collins Easy Learning English Spelling describes the patterns and rules you need to understand and predict how words are spelt in English. It also provides practical advice on learning words that are difficult to spell, and shows why some words can cause problems for even the most experienced users of English.With its alphabetical index of tricky words, along with useful tips for memorising these, Collins Easy Learning English Spelling is ideal for all users of English who want to become good spellers.Trade Review.

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Book SynopsisThe home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learningAn up-to-date easy-reference German to English and English to German Collins dictionary and a user-friendly grammar guide in one handy volume. A clear layout, cultural notes and an easy-to-use grammar section make this the ideal German reference for intermediate learners whether at school, at home, or for business.90,000 words, phrases and meanings and 112,000 translations will help those learning German take their language skills to the next level.This edition has been updated to offer extensive and relevant coverage of today''s English and German, (for example, neurodiverse, climate emergency, Energiekrise, geschlechtsneutral) with thousands of phrases and examples guiding the user to the most appropriate translation.A comprehensive grammar guide presents detailed examples and translations to help users to understand German grammar the perfect complement to the dictionary.The clear typography gives the text a cont

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Book Synopsis“Delightful.” —Mary Norris, The New YorkerA page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?In Semicolon, Cecelia Watson charts the rise and fall of this infamous punctuation mark, which for years was the trendiest one in the world of letters. But in the nineteenth century, as grammar books became all the rage, the rules of how we use language became both stricter and more confusing, with the semicolon a prime victim. Taking us on a breezy journey through a range of examples—from Milton’s manuscripts to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letters from Birmingham Jail” to R

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Book SynopsisHarness the power of suffixes and prefixes while addingmore than 4,000 words to your French vocabulary!How do you turn Scotland into a Scottish citizen? Or change your brother into a colleague?* It isn't magic, it's suffixes and prefixes. When attached to base words, they have the ability to change meanings to indicate quantity, profession, gender, size, status, relationship, style, and much more. Mastering these word parts will enable you to increase your vocabulary greatly. Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary Building with Suffixes and Prefixes presents 100 suffixes and 60 prefixes accompanied by their meanings, English equivalent when applicable, part of speech, and gender. Grouped by difficulty level, each prefix or suffix is fully explained and followed by a list of terms using the added word part.Like all Practice Makes Perfect workbooks, you will get plenty of practice, practice, practice using your newly acquired skills. And for convenient study on the Table of Contentscontents to come

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Book SynopsisNow living in County Wexford, Ireland, and in his 70s, N M Gwynne was formerly a successful businessman in London and Australia. On retirement in the 1980s, he gradually took up teaching, at first privately. He soon found that he had a clear vocation for teaching, and that his traditional methods, universal up to the 1960s and refined and perfected century after century up till then, had suddenly become all but unique because of the revolution in teaching that had taken place worldwide at around that time. Subjects he has been teaching in classrooms, in lecture halls, and nowadays mostly privately include English, Latin, Greek, French, German, mathematics, history, classical philosophy, natural medicine, the elements of music, and "How to start up and run your own business. Now with an international word-of-mouth reputation, Mr Gwynne has been flown around the world in order to teach his pupils. And thanks to the internet and Skype, he has sometimes found himself, at different times

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Book SynopsisWhat is the difference between amend and emend, between imply and infer, and between uninterested and disinterested? When should one put owing to rather than due to? Why should the temptation to write actually, basically or at this moment in time always be strenuously resisted? This book deals with these questions.Trade ReviewFascinating ... a trove of riveting facts. * Daily Mail *It’s a bracing read. Heffer takes no linguistic prisoners. This is a useful, well-constructed and often absorbing book. * Spectator *Simply English is much more readable than a reference book has a right to be ... basically Simply English is rather good. * Observer *Advice that will change for ever the way you use certain words. * New Statesman *Easy to use and terribly hard to put down ... Essential. * The Field *

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Book SynopsisFor nearly forty years, Understanding and Using English Grammar has been the go-to grammar resource for students and teachers alike. Its time-tested approach blends direct grammar instruction with carefully sequenced practice to develop all language skills. New to This EditionPretests at the start of each chapter enable learners to check what they already know. Updated grammar charts reflect current usage and highlight differences between written and spoken English. A new chapter on article usage. A variety of high-interest readings include reviews, articles on current topics, and blogs that focus on student success. Additional incremental practice helps learners better grasp concepts, while thematic exercises and integrated tasks offer more contextualized language use. Step-by-step writing activities are supported by writing tips and pre-writing and editing tasks. New Essential Online Resources include Student Book audio, Student Book answer key, Grammar Coach videos, anTable of Contents Preface to the Fifth Edition Acknowledgments Chapter 1 PRESENT AND PAST; SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE 1-1 Simple Present and Present Progressive1-2 Simple Present and Present Progressive: Affirmative, Negative, Question Forms 1-3 Verbs Not Usually Used in the Progressive (Stative Verbs) 1-4 Simple Past Tense 1-5 Simple Past vs. Past Progressive 1-6 Unfulfilled Intentions: Was/Were Going To Chapter 2 PERFECT AND PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES 2-1 Regular and Irregular Verbs 2-2 Irregular Verb List 2-3 Present Perfect: Since and For 2-4 Present Perfect: Unspecified Time and Repeated Events 2-5 Have and Has in Spoken English 2-6 Present Perfect vs. Simple Past 2-7 Present Perfect Progressive 2-8 Past Perfect 2-9 Hadin Spoken English 2-10 Past Perfect Progressive Chapter 3 FUTURE TIME 3-1 Simple Future: Forms of Will and Be Going To 3-2 Will vs. Be Going To 3-3 Expressing the Future in Time Clauses 3-4 Using the Present Progressive and the Simple Present to Express Future Time 3-5 Future Progressive 3-6 Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive Chapter 4 REVIEW OF VERB TENSES Chapter 5 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 5-1 Final -s/-es: Use and Spelling 5-2 Basic Subject-Verb Agreement 5-3 Collective Nouns 5-4 Subject-Verb Agreement: Using Expressions of Quantity 5-5 Subject-Verb Agreement: Using There + Be 5-6 Subject-Verb Agreement: Some Irregularities Chapter 6 NOUNS 6-1 Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns 6-2 Nouns as Adjectives 6-3 Possessive Nouns 6-4 More About Expressing Possession 6-5 Count and Noncount Nouns 6-6 Noncount Nouns 6-7 Some Common Noncount Nouns 6-8 Expressions of Quantity Used with Count and Noncount Nouns 6-9 Using A Few and Few; A Little and Little 6-10 Singular Expressions of Quantity: One, Each, Every 6-11 Using Of in Expressions of Quantity Chapter 7 ARTICLES 7-1 Articles (A, An, The) with Indefinite and Definite Nouns 7-2 Articles: Generic Nouns 7-3 Descriptive Information with Definite and Indefinite Nouns 7-4 General Guidelines for Article Usage 7-5 Using The or Ø with Titles and Geographic Names Chapter 8 PRONOUNS 8-1 Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives 8-2 Agreement with Generic Nouns and Indefinite Pronouns 8-3 Personal Pronouns: Agreement with Collective Nouns 8-4 Reflexive Pronouns 8-5 Using You, One, and They as Impersonal Pronouns 8-6 Forms of Other 8-7 Common Expressions with Other Chapter 9 MODALS, PART 1 9-1 Basic Modal Introduction 9-2 Expressing Necessity: Must, Have To, Have Got To 9-3 Lack of Necessity (Not Have To) and Prohibition (Must Not) 9-4 Advisability/Suggestions: Should, Ought To, Had Better, Could 9-5 Expectation: Be Supposed To/Should 9-6 Ability: Can, Know How To, and Be Able To 9-7 Possibility: Can, May, Might9-8 Requests and Responses with Modals 9-9 Polite Requests with Would You Mind 9-10 Making Suggestions: Let’s, Why Don’t, Shall I /We Chapter 10 MODALS, PART 2 10-1 Using Would to Express a Repeated Action in the Past 10-2 Expressing the Past: Necessity, Advice, Expectation10-3 Expressing Past Ability10-4 Degrees of Certainty: Present Time 10-5 Degrees of Certainty: Present Time Negative 10-6 Degrees of Certainty: Past Time 10-7 Degrees of Certainty: Future Time 10-8 Progressive Forms of Modals 10-9 Combining Modals with Phrasal Modals 10-10 Expressing Preference: Would Rather 10-11 Summary Chart of Modals and Similar Expressions Chapter 11 THE PASSIVE 11-1 Active vs. Passive 11-2 Tense Forms of the Passive 11-3 Using the Passive 11-4 The Passive Form of Modals and Phrasal Modals 11-5 Stative (Non-Progressive) Passive 11-6 Common Stative (Non-Progressive) Passive Verbs + Prepositions 11-7 The Passive with Get 11-8 -ed/-ing Adjectives Appendix SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR CHARTS Unit A: Basic Grammar Terminology A-1 Subjects, Verbs, and Objects A-2 Adjectives A-3 Adverbs A-4 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases A-5 Preposition Combinations with Adjectives and Adverbs Unit B: Questions B-1 Forms of Yes /No and Information Questions B-2 Question Words B-3 Shortened Yes/No Questions B-4 Negative Questions B-5 Tag Questions Unit C: Contractions Unit D: Negatives D-1 Using Not and Other Negative Words D-2 Avoiding Double Negatives D-3 Beginning a Sentence with a Negative Word Unit E: Verbs E-1 The Verb Be E-2 Spelling of -ing and -ed Verb Forms E-3 Overview of Verb Tenses E-4 Summary of Verb Tenses E-5 Regular Verbs: Pronunciation of -ed Endings E-6 Pronunciation of Final -s in Verbs and Nouns E-7 Linking Verbs E-8 Troublesome Verbs: Raise/Rise, Set/Sit, Lay/Lie E-9 Irregular Verbs: An Alphabetical Reference List Listening Script Index

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Book SynopsisThe Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work. Whether you are puzzled by colons and semicolons, unsure of where commas should go or baffled by apostrophes, this jargon-free, succinct guide is for you.Table of ContentsWhy learn to punctuate?; the full stop, the question m ark and the exclemation mark; the comma; the colon and semi-colon; the apostrophe; the hyphen and the dash; capital letters and abbreviations; quotation marks; miscellaneous; punctuating essays and letters.

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Book Synopsis''Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening'' The TimesNothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous otherization. But is it enough simply to dismiss these words as vile and barbarous howlers? Taking a genial tour far and wide through our linguistic badlands, Rebecca Gowers finds answers that are helpful, surprising and often extremely funny.''Exuberant, erudite, informative and fun ... a call on all English-speakers to trust their own feel for their language, to relish their verbal inventiveness and to do battle against the pedants who tell them they are wrong'' Michael Skapinker, Financial Times ''A very useful book, packed with good historical sense'' Lynne Truss, The TimesTrade ReviewA great delight -- David CrystalGowers is fierce, funny and staggeringly well informed -- Alan Connor * Mail on Sunday *Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening * The Times *Exuberant and stimulating ... erudite, informative and fun * Financial Times *Witty ... wry ... As a heretic, Gowers cuts a formidable figure * The Times Literary Supplement *A very useful book, packed with good historical sense -- Lynne Truss * The Times *A joy - informative and irreverent -- Caroline TaggartWitty and erudite ... A splendid antidote to small-minded pedantry -- Robbie Millen * The Times *Will have you enraptured by etymology ... Hugely enjoyable * Reader's Digest *

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of Garner''s Dictionary of Legal Usage marshals and analyses the modern legal vocabulary more thoroughly than any other contemporary reference work can claim to do. Since the first edition, Bryan A. Garner has drawn on his unrivalled experience as a legal editor to refine his positions on legal usage and to add a wealth of new material. The new Third Edition remains indispensable by updating numerous entries, adding dozens of new entries and hundreds of new sections within existing entries; adding hundreds of new illustrative quotations from judicial opinions and leading law books by prominent legal commentators; revising the selected bibliography; and expanding and updating cross-references to guide readers quickly and easily. A new preface introduces the reader to this edition and discusses content that has been newly incorporated. Influential writers and editors rely on DMLU daily. It is an essential resource for practising lawyers, scholars of the law, and librarieTrade ReviewThere seems to be no linguistic topic he does not hold a vehement view on...The great strength of all the entries, whether controversial or not, is the compendious use of properly cited legal sources as examples. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Classified Guide to Essay Entries Pronunciation Guide List of Abbreviations Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage Select Bibliography Acknowledgments of Permission Select Index of Writers Cited

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Book SynopsisThe only resource of its kind, the Guide to Canadian English Usage, Second Edition, provides Canadians with straightforward, authoritative guidelines for using the language as it is written and spoken in their own country. Comprehensive and reliable, the guide is an essential reference for any writer, editor, or speaker of English in Canada.Trade Review"A most welcome ... clear ... addition to your collection of interesting, informative lexicons." --Globe and Mail "Splendidly comprehensive, beautifully organized, lucidly written, this book seems certain to become not only the standard reference work on its subject but also an important contribution to the ongoing debates about how language is used." --Canadian Literature "A book to end all arguments, it should also prove invaluable to word-smiths of all stripes." --Halifax Daily News "A good book, well worth having." --Books in Canada "... the [Guide to Canadian English Usage] makes a balanced presentation of areas where controversy may arise in English usage, carving out for itself a niche which distinguishes it from a standard dictionary on the one hand and from an encyclopedia on the other. The volume will be of use to Canadian students, scholars, and writers as a reference source; to researchers and writers outside of Canada as a source of data on Canadian English usage; and to anyone interested not just in English but in general knowledge of Canada as a source of entertainment and information to be 'snacked' on from time to time or even to be devoured cover to cover." --Language, the journal for the Linguistic Society of AmericaTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Second Edition ; Introduction to the First Edition ; Acknowledgements ; Notes on Format ; Usage Guide ; Appendix I Provinces and Territories ; Appendix II A Notes on Measurement ; Appendix III Aboriginal Groups Mentioned in the Guide ; Glossary ; Sources ; Works Consulted

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Book SynopsisGet It Right: Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Workbook 3 provides accessible spelling, punctuation and grammar practice for 11-14 year old students. This Answer Book provides answers for activities in Get It Right: Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Workbook 3.

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Book SynopsisThis accessible and unique approach to grammar comes in two parts: the first section consists of a practical guide on how to understand and use grammar successfully, and the second is an extensive A-Z glossary of grammatical terms. It is ideal for both language students and anyone wanting to improve their written and spoken English.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; SECTION A; SECTION B

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Companion to the English Language provides an authoritative single-volume source of information about the English language. It is intended both for reference and for browsing. The first edition of this landmark Companion, published in 1998, adopted a strong international perspective, covering topics from Cockney to Creole, Aboriginal English to Caribbean English and a historical range from Chaucer to Chomsky, Latin to the World Wide Web. It succinctly described and discussed the English language at the end of the twentieth century, including its distribution and varieties, its cultural, political, and educational impact worldwide, its nature, origins, and prospects, and its pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, word-formation, and usage.This new edition notably focuses on World Englishes, English language teaching, English as an international language, and the effect of technological advances on the English language. More than 130 new entries include African American English, British Sign Language, China English, digital literacy, multimodality, social networking, superdiversity, and text messaging, among many others. It also includes new biographical entries on key individuals who have had an impact on the English language in recent decades, including Beryl (Sue) Atkins, Adam Kilgariff, and John Sinclair.It is an invaluable reference for English Language students, and fascinating reading for any general reader with an interest in language.Trade Reviewthis is a fascinating reference tool, of value not only to professional linguists, but also to anyone with an interest in the English language and, at £12.99 for more than 700 pages, a bargain. * Professor T.D. Wilson, Information Research *Table of ContentsIntroductionContributors and consultantsAbbreviationsPhonetic symbolsOxford Companion to the English LanguageBibliography

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Book SynopsisSpanning the seventeenth to the twentieth century, and ranging across cultures, from England to Mexico, this collection of essays provide an overview of the historical evolution in thinking about translation and offer strong individual opinions by prominent contemporary theorists.

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Book SynopsisFew people can write with as much authority on the English language as Bryan A. Garner. The author of The Chicago Manual of Style s popular Grammar and Usage chapter, Garner is adept at explaining the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity. With The Chicago Guide to English Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, he has written the definitive guide for writers who want their prose to be both memorable and correct. Throughout the book Garner describes standard literary English the forms that mark writers and speakers as educated users of the language. He also offers historical context for understanding the development of these forms. The section on grammar explains how the canonical parts of speech came to be identified, while the section on syntax covers the nuances of sentence patterns as well as both traditional sentence diagramming and transformational grammar. The usage section offers an unprecedented trove of empirical evidence in the form of Google Ngrams, diagrams that illustrate the changing prevalence of specific terms over decades and even centuries of English literature. The book also covers punctuation and word formation, concluding with an exhaustive glossary of grammatical terms and a bibliography of suggested further reading and references. The Chicago Guide to English Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation is a magisterial work, the culmination of Garner s life-long study of the English language. The result is a landmark resource that will offer clear guidelines to students, writers, and editors alikeTrade ReviewGarner is the greatest writer on grammar and usage that this country has ever produced. This book will be an instant classic. --David Yerkes, Columbia University"

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Book SynopsisThis history of legal language slices through the polysyllabic thicket of legalese. The text shows to what extent legalese is simply a product of its past and demonstrates that arcane vocabulary is not an inevitable feature of our legal system.

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Book SynopsisThis reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication.Trade Review"The importance of this book ... is indisputable... Its usefulness will apply to an audience far beyond students of Spanish; it will, in fact, become a companion text, like the MLA Style Manual, to a larger audience of users running the gamut from bilingual writers, i.e., fiction writers and journalists, to editors who are unsure about proper usage." --Dick Gerdes, Professor and Chair of Modern and Classical Languages, George Mason UniversityTable of Contents Preface Punctuation Spelling and Word Division Spelling Rules and Variations Accents Prefixes Word Divisions Gender and Number Forms Gender Number Word Formation Affective Suffixes and Spelling Changes Compound Words Prefixes and Suffixes Capitalization General Rules Calendar and Time Designations Religious Names Titles of Publications Titles of Persons Professions and Occupations Terminology Geographical Terms Names of Organizations Historical Terms Citation of Books, Periodicals, and Other Works Monographs Periodicals Book Chapters Bibliography Preparation Abbreviations Appendix 1. Anonymous Spanish Classics Appendix 2. Latin Authors Appendix 3. Greek Authors Appendix 4. Latin Expressions Appendix 5. Literary and Dramaturgical Terminology Appendix 6. Linguistic Terminology Appendix 7. Common Biblical Allusions and References Appendix 8. Common Classical Allusions and References Appendix 9. Common Literary Allusions and References A Dictionary of Spanish Grammatical and Lexical Doubts Bibliography of Special Terminology Bibliographical References Index

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Book SynopsisFrom one of America''s most influential writing teachers, a collection of 50 of the best writing strategies distilled from 50 writing and language books -- from Aristotle to Strunk and White.With so many excellent writing guides lining bookstore shelves, it can be hard to know where to look for the best advice. Should you go with Natalie Goldberg or Anne Lamott? Maybe William Zinsser or Donald Murray would be more appropriate. Then again, what about the classics -- Strunk and White, or even Aristotle himself?Thankfully, your search is over. In Murder Your Darlings, Roy Peter Clark, who for more than 30 years has been a beloved and revered writing teacher to children and Pulitzer prize-winners alike, has compiled a remarkable collection of 50 of the best writing tips from 50 of the best writing books of all time. With a chapter devoted to each piece of advice, Clark expands and contextualizes the original author''s suggestions, and offers anecdotes about

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1 Basics of Conversational Spanish 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Syntax and Grammar 1.3 Verb Conjugation 1.4 Addressing the Patient: Tú versus Usted CHAPTER 2 Setting the Stage for the Clinical Encounter 2.1 General Greetings 2.2 Addressing the Patient 2.3 Provider's Introduction 2.4 Extended Introduction: Getting to Know the Patient 2.5 Setting the Agenda CHAPTER 3 History of the Present Illness 3.1 Basic Anatomy 3.2 Chief Complaint 3.3 History of the Present Illness CHAPTER 4 Past Medical History and Review of Systems 4.1 Past Medical History of Chronic Diseases 4.2 Past Medical History of Acute Diseases 4.3 Past Surgical History 4.4 Review of Systems CHAPTER 5 Medications and Drug Effects 5.1 Medication History 5.2 Allergy History 5.3 Medication Instructions 5.4 Drug Side Effects 5.5 Diabetes Medication CHAPTER 6 Family History 6.1 Naming Family Members 6.2 Talking about Family Life and Health 6.3 Family History CHAPTER 7 Social and Sexual History 7.1 Assuring the Patient of Confidentiality 7.2 Social History 7.3 Travel History and Special Exposures 7.4 Substance Use History 7.5 Sexual History 7.6 Review of Reproductive Systems CHAPTER 8 Mental Health and Cognition 8.1 General Mental Health 8.2 Spirituality and Health 8.3 Cognitive Assessment 8.4 Psychiatric History and Review of Systems CHAPTER 9 Preventive Health and Nutrition 9.1 Access to Preventive Medical Care 9.2 Preventive Routine Screening Tests 9.3 Adult Immunization History 9.4 Exercise and Adult Health Safety Screening 9.5 Diet History 9.6 Body Mass Index, Special Diets, and Recommendations CHAPTER 10 Pediatrics 10.1 Addressing the Pediatric Patient 10.2 Pregnancy, Delivery, and Neonatal History 10.3 Developmental History 10.4 Pediatric Safety 10.5 Immunization History 10.6 Infant Diet 10.7 Common Pediatric Illnesses CHAPTER 11 Physical Examination 11.1 General Physical Examination 11.2 Specialized Physical Examination 11.3 Physical Findings CHAPTER 12 Procedures and Informed Consent 12.1 Informed Consent 12.2 Discussing Common Procedures 12.3 Discussing Emergent Procedures 12.4 Advanced Directives CHAPTER 13 Impression and Plan 13.1 Physician's Impression 13.2 Plan of Care: Additional Testing 13.3 Plan of Care: Treatment and Follow-up 13.4 Discussing Test Results 13.5 Delivering Bad News 13.6 System-Based Summary of Impression and Plan 13.7 Concluding the Visit CHAPTER 14 Knowing your Limitations: When and How to Use a Medical Interpreter 14.1 When to Use a Medical Interpreter 14.2 Types of Medical Interpretation 14.3 Working Effectively with a Medical Interpreter APPENDIX Abbreviated Spanish Medical Interview Guide Extended Spanish Medical Interview Guide ANSWER KEY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis book was designed for beginners in Greek as a small inexpensive manual which a student with no gift for languages could discard when it had served its purpose in examinations and from which a more gifted linguist could progress to more detailed work.

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Book SynopsisBased on the contention that we do not utillize speech to its fullest extent, this guide is an essential aide to unlocking our 'passive' vocabularies and developing a keener appreciation of the richness of language.Indispensable For Writers, Speakers, Teachers!-- Enrich your vocabulary-- Express yourself clearly -- and beautifully-- Fun and easy to use!

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Book SynopsisFrom the typing pool to top management, good grammar makes good business sense. A clear, concise writing style is the key to making your ideas stand out and keeping your career on track.Dianna Booher, president of the Houston-based Booher Writing Consultants, offers an innovative, entertaining, step-by-step approach that makes the principles of grammar pleasant to learn and easy to remember. Whether you need to brush up on the basics or fine-tune your style, the answers are at your fingertips in Good Grief, Good Grammar. It's a comprehensive guide to:-- Correct word usage-- Sentence structure-- Phrases and clauses-- Voice, verb tense, and mood-- Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization-- Common errors such as split infinitives and dangling participles, and how to avoid them.Plus a series of fun-to-take tests to gauge your language skills and your progress.

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Book SynopsisEnglish Grammar Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition is grammar First Aid for anyone wanting to perfect their English and develop the practical skills needed to write and speak correctly. Each chapter focuses on key grammatical principles, with easy-to-follow theory and examples as well as practice questions and explanations.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Laying the Foundations: Grammar Basics 7 Chapter 1: Placing the Proper Verb in the Proper Place 9 Chapter 2: Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Pairing Subjects and Verbs Correctly 23 Chapter 3: Who Is She, and What Is It? The Lowdown on Pronouns 35 Chapter 4: Finishing What You Start: Writing Complete Sentences 49 Part II: Mastering Mechanics 65 Chapter 5: Exercising Comma Sense 67 Chapter 6: Made You Look! Punctuation Marks That Demand Attention 83 Chapter 7: One Small Mark, a Whole New Meaning: Apostrophes 93 Chapter 8: ‘Let Me Speak!’ Quotation Marks 105 Chapter 9: Hitting the Big Time: Capital Letters 117 Part III: The Pickier Points of Correct Verb and Pronoun Use 129 Chapter 10: The Case of It (And Other Pronouns) 131 Chapter 11: Choosing the Best Pronoun for a Tricky Sentence 145 Chapter 12: Travelling in Time: Tricky Verb Tense Situations 161 Chapter 13: Getting Your Verbs in the Right Mood 173 Part IV: All You Need to Know about Descriptions and Comparisons 183 Chapter 14: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives, Adverbs and Articles 185 Chapter 15: Going on Location: Placing Descriptions Correctly 197 Chapter 16: Forming Comparisons: For Better or Worse 213 Chapter 17: Apples and Oranges: Improper Comparisons 225 Part V: Writing with Style 237 Chapter 18: Practising Parallel Structure 239 Chapter 19: Spicing Up and Trimming Down Your Sentences 253 Chapter 20: Steering Clear of Tricky Word Traps 267 Part VI: The Part of Tens 279 Chapter 21: Ten Overcorrections 281 Chapter 22: Ten Errors to Avoid at All Costs 285 Appendix: Your Final Challenge 289 Index 305

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Book SynopsisMany students learn the process of writing - or how to write - without learning the grammatical structures essential to the actual writing. This book teaches students high-level grammar items and structures that will give a more literate and natural sound to their writing. It reviews the grammar and common writing mistakes.

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Book SynopsisA venerable resource for more than a century, this is the finest Latin grammar reference available. Concise, comprehensive, and well organized, it places a wealth of advice on usage, vocabulary, diction, composition, and syntax.

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Book SynopsisWith a combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, this title provides all the rhetorical terms - mostly Greek and Latin - that students of Western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writing. It offers a revised system of cross-references between terms.Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. Alphabetical List of Terms 2. The Divisions of Rhetoric Rhetoric Invention Arrangement Style Memory Delivery 3. The Terms by Type 4. Some Important Dates 5. Works Cited

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations EXERCISES A Copyediting Challenge: Test Your Skills PART 1. THE ABCs OF COPYEDITING 1. WHAT COPYEDITORS DO Exercise 1-1. Comparing Editorial Styles Exercise 1-2. Preliminary File Cleanup 2. BASIC PROCEDURES Exercise 2-1. Hand Marking a Manuscript Exercise 2-2. Editing On-Screen Exercise 2-3. Editorial Markup of PDF Files Exercise 2-4. Querying Exercise 2-5. Creating a Style Sheet Exercise 2-6. Writing a Transmittal Memo 3. REFERENCE BOOKS AND RESOURCES Exercise 3-1. Using Dictionaries Exercise 3-2. Using Style Manuals Exercise 3-3. Consulting Usage Guides Exercise 3-4. Using the Google Books Ngram Viewer Exercise 3-5. Using Practical Grammar Exercise 3-6. Doing Internet Research Exercise 3-7. Specialized Style Guides PART 2. EDITORIAL STYLE 4. PUNCTUATION Exercise 4-1. Punctuation Exercise 4-2. Restrictive versus Nonrestrictive Modifiers Exercise 4-3. Editorial Zealotry: A Light Copyedit Exercise 4-4. American Humor: A Medium Copyedit 5. SPELLING AND HYPHENATION Exercise 5-1. Compound Forms Exercise 5-2. A Publisher’s Catalog: A Light Copyedit Exercise 5-3. A Health Newsletter: A Medium Copyedit 6. CAPITALIZATION AND THE TREATMENT OF NAMES Exercise 6-1. Capitalization Exercise 6-2. Finding Work: A Light Copyedit 7. NUMBERS AND NUMERALS Exercise 7-1. Numbers and Numerals in Nontechnical Text Exercise 7-2. Numbers and Numerals in Technical Text Exercise 7-3. Editing a Recipe 8. QUOTATIONS Exercise 8-1. Quotations Exercise 8-2. It’s Our Money Awards: More Quotations 9. ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS Exercise 9-1. Medical Language: Abbreviations and Symbols Exercise 9-2. A Travel Guide: More Abbreviations and Symbols 10. TABLES, GRAPHS, AND ART Exercise 10-1. Editing Tables Exercise 10-2. Restructuring Tables Exercise 10-3. Editing More Complex Tables Exercise 10-4. Editing Graphs 11. REFERENCES Exercise 11-1. Editing Author-Date References Exercise 11-2. Taming Citation Managers Exercise 11-3. Editing Reference Notes Exercise 11-4. Creating Author-Date Citations 12. FRONT AND BACK MATTER Exercise 12-1. Editing a Table of Contents Exercise 12-2. Editing a Glossary 13. MARKUP Exercise 13-1. Markup of Greeked Text Exercise 13-2. Markup of Instructional Text: A First-Aid Guide PART 3. LANGUAGE EDITING 14. GRAMMAR AND USAGE: PRINCIPLES AND PITFALLS Exercise 14-1. Found in the Wild Exercise 14-2. The Truth Is Out There 15. BEYOND GRAMMAR Exercise 15-1. Editing for Bias-Free Writing Exercise 15-2. Editing for Plain Language Exercise 15-3. Counting Heads: Beyond Copyediting ANSWER KEYS Appendix: Manual Copyediting Symbols Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisChambers Adult Learners'' Writing Guide is aimed at adults who are seeking to gain confidence in their writing skills. The book is spaciously laid out using a two-colour text with plentiful examples and exercises to reinforce key learning points. A simple and practical approach provides users with an understanding of the basic concepts and requirements of any writing task. The book also demonstrates how to negotiate real-world situations such as filling in forms or making an official complaint.Trade ReviewOn the Chambers Adult Learners' range:An excellent range of reference books from the respected publishers Chambers for adult learners and adults with dyslexia.These books are not just a re-hash of standard works, they have been developed specifically to meet the needs of the target audience. Chambers have clearly acted on advice received from the British Dyslexia Association and, for the large print books, also the RNIB.The books are very accessible and clearly laid out and should prove popular with anyone who finds a typical dictionary or thesaurus rather impenetrable. * thedyslexiashop.com *Well laid out, clear, simple, practical. Includes emails and a section on easily confused words. * The Language People, http://www.languagepeople.com.au/archive_pdf/Sep07.pdf *

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Book SynopsisIt''s important in our daily lives for us to write clear English which is easily understood. If we get the basics wrong, our words may be misinterpreted and cause confusion. To make sure our written words convey our exact meanings, we need to understand the fundamentals of the English language, such as the parts of speech, how sentences and paragraphs are constructed, and the correct use of punctuation. We also need to spell the words correctly!This indispensable reference guide to the rules and conventions governing written English will help all those who are unsure about whether to use its or it''s, or a colon instead of a comma, or how to spell words such as separate.

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Book SynopsisWritten in an easy-to-read style, this book takes you through the basics of English grammar. It shows you how to improve your writing and speaking by choosing the right words and the right sentence structure.Learn about sentence constructionAvoid common mistakes, e.g. in the use of apostrophes Make sense of punctuation Discover how to write dialogueImprove your writing style Written in a simple style this book is for anyone of any age who wishes to improve the standard of his or her English. Trade ReviewI realised for the first time that grammar is actually fascinating … you are given the facts in plain English …a fascinating and readable book. -- Alison Chisholm * BBC Radio *Invaluable guide ... after reading this book, you will never again find yourself using a comma instead of a semi-colon. * Evening Standard *I can't recommend this book highly enough. Every writer should have a copy. * Writers' Bulletin *

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Book SynopsisMedia Persian gives learners the relevant contemporary expressions, jargon and new coinages to express modern concepts across broad areas of interest such as the media, the internet, law and business.Trade ReviewA useful introduction to the specialized Persian vocabulary of the modern media. -- Professor W. M. Thackston, author of An Introduction to Persian A useful introduction to the specialized Persian vocabulary of the modern media.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. General; 2. Politics and Government; 3. Elections; 4. Conflict and Security; 5. Law and Order; 6. Human Rights; 7. Economics; 8. Trade and Industry; 9. Science and Technology; 10. Energy; 11. Environment; 12. Aid and Development; 13. Culture and Sport.

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Book SynopsisMedia Persian gives learners the relevant contemporary expressions, jargon and new coinages to express modern concepts across broad areas of interest such as the media, the internet, law and business.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. General; 2. Politics and Government; 3. Elections; 4. Conflict and Security; 5. Law and Order; 6. Human Rights; 7. Economics; 8. Trade and Industry; 9. Science and Technology; 10. Energy; 11. Environment; 12. Aid and Development; 13. Culture and Sport.

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