May I Quote You on That? - A Guide to Grammar and Usage

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Spector is Professor of English, State University of New York at Stonybrook Klappentext A guide to English grammar and usage for the twenty-first century, pairing grammar rules with interesting and humorous quotations from American popular culture. Zusammenfassung A guide to English grammar and usage for the twenty-first century, pairing grammar rules with interesting and humorous quotations from American popular culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. What is Standard English? 2. Tricky Words, Usage, and Grammar 3. Tricky Words of the 20th Century and Today 4. Look-Alikes 5. Plurals

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• Authors: Spector, Stephen Spector, Stephen (Professor of English Spector
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.2015
• EAN: 9780190215286
• ISBN: 978-0-19-021528-6
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; HUMOR / General, REFERENCE / Quotations, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Language: reference & general, Humour collections & anthologies, Language: reference and general, Humour collections and anthologies, Usage & grammar guides, Usage and grammar guides, Dictionaries Of Quotations, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary, Quotations, proverbs and sayings