Grammar & Punctuation

We're all familiar with 'a flock of sheep' but what are the collective nouns for racehorses, pigs, zebras or giraffes? Drawing on a range of sources, from fifteenth-century hunting terms to more recent inventions that have now entered the language,...

"For the specialist in the study of narrative structure, this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a story-whatever the medium. Chatman, whose approach here is at once dualist and structuralist, divides his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780934034586Author Jacqueline MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Olivia & Hill Press,U.S.Publisher Olivia & Hill Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 325g

Do you want to communicate easily and freely in Finnish?Master Finnish grammar and broaden your vocabulary with your very own Finnish Tutor. This contemporary interactive workbook features 200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points...

Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE English LanguageFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: November 2023 and June 2024 Help your students succeed in AQA GCSE (9-1) English Language, with resources to develop and practise the skills they...

Grammar Minutes is an exciting six book series that will help your pupils apply and extend their grammar skills, step by step, over one hundred minutes. Whats more, as they challenge themselves, as they apply their knowledge and understanding of the...

Grammar Minutes is an exciting six book series that will help your pupils apply and extend their grammar skills, step by step, over one hundred minutes. Whats more, as they challenge themselves, as they apply their knowledge and understanding of the...

Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage is an invaluable reference work that offers the best advice on English usage. Known in previous editions as the 'Pocket Fowler', this third edition is a descendant of the original 1926 edition of A...

This comprehensive Mandarin workbook can be used with any textbook or on its own to dramatically enhance your Mandarin speaking and listening skills.No matter what textbook you're using to learn Mandarin, it requires a lot of practice. Here is a wealth...

The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar is a straightforward and accessible A-Z guide to the diverse and often complex terminology of English grammar. It contains over 1,600 entries with clear and concise definitions, enhanced by numerous example...

Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: A Practical Guide is an innovative reference guide to Brazilian Portuguese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume.The Grammar is divided into two parts. Part A covers traditional...

What's the singular of paparazzi? Is graffiti singular or plural? What about kudos? Should I say empathic or empathetic? Is it a couple of dozen or a couple dozen? What's the correct pronunciation of concierge? Or schism? Or flaccid?In this book of...

This 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. Ideal for both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780134276250Author Betty AzarFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Pearson Education (US)Publisher Pearson Education (US)Weight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)...

Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. This Workbook presents twenty-five individual grammar points in realistic contexts, providing a grammatical approach which will allow...

Collins Primary Focus: Grammar and Punctuation Pupil Book 1 is aimed at ages 7+. Presented in a clear and colourful format, each grammar concept is supported by visual cues. Follow-up activities allow children to develop grammar and punctuation skills at...

This new edition of Arabic: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference guide to the most important aspects of the language. Suitable for beginners, as well as intermediate students, the book offers a strong foundation for learning the...

Usage and Abusage takes a long, hard look at the use - and constant misuse - of English. Declaring war on bad grammar, woolliness of expression and poor choice of vocabulary, this essential guide sets out both to highlight problems and pitfalls and to...

Colloquial Yoruba: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Yoruba as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical...

Feeling put off by phrasal verbs? English for Everyone: English Phrasal Verbs can help you to understand the context and definitions of over 1,000 of the most common phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs (two- or three-part verbs such as "put off", "put on", "put...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788467034714Author Real Academia de la Lengua Espa olaFormat PaperbackPage Count 305Imprint Planeta PublishingPublisher Planeta PublishingWeight(grams)...

Salamaat! Learning Arabic with Ease is a new language learning book designed to open your world to the beautiful Arabic language. "Salamaat!" means "Greetings, I hope you are well!" and is usually the first word used in every situation in the...

Grammar Minutes is an exciting six book series that will help your pupils apply and extend their grammar skills, step by step, over one hundred minutes. Whats more, as they challenge themselves, as they apply their knowledge and understanding of the...

This new edition of the Modern Italian Grammar is an innovative reference guide to Italian, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. With a strong emphasis on contemporary usage, all grammar points and functions are richly...

Help your students impress examiners with authentic and sophisticated phrases.This second edition of the bestselling A Level Italian vocabulary reference book provides idiomatic phrases drawn from real sources such as newspapers, magazines and websites...

Basic Portuguese: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume.Twenty units cover the core material which students can expect to encounter in their first year of learning Portuguese. Grammar...

'Having been asked many times if he could recommend a definitive guide to use of our glorious language and not satisfied that the right book existed, Lamb wrote it himself' - Yorkshire PostWritten by the President of the Queen's English Society and...

Grammar Minutes is an exciting six book series that will help your pupils apply and extend their grammar skills, step by step, over one hundred minutes. Whats more, as they challenge themselves, as they apply their knowledge and understanding of the...

Introducing Functional Grammar, third edition, provides a user-friendly overview of the theoretical and practical aspects of the systemic functional grammar (SFG) model.No prior knowledge of formal linguistics is required as the book provides: An...

The easy way to brush up on your English skills Is it good or well? There, their, or they're? Some people don't have to think twice about using proper English, but for the rest of us it can get tricky and confusing. Whether you're writing or speaking,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564142047Author Constance ImmelFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 13mm

Hands-on, theory-neutral and non-technical, this textbook is a basic introduction to the structure of English words and sentences. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistic analysis, it presents the facts in a straightforward manner and offers a...

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Cantonese as spoken by native speakers in Hong Kong. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in current Cantonese. This...

Put your editing skills into practice with this new companion to the handbook on every copyeditor's desk.The Copyeditor's Workbook-a companion to the indispensable Copyeditor's Handbook, now in its fourth edition-offers comprehensive and practical...

Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn't.In Roman times, blocks of text were commonly written just as blocks without even...

Oxford Practice Grammar knows that students need different types of explanation and practice at each stage of their study. Advanced gives challenging practice activities and in-depth explanations. Great for classroom or self-study and it helps you...

Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook provides a jargon-free introduction to the most commonly used grammatical structures within the Irish language. Focusing on the repeated use of grammatical patterns, this Workbook develops an understanding of the...

For Who the Bell Tolls is a book that explains the grammar that people really need to know, such as the fact that an apostrophe is the difference between a company that knows its s*** and a company that knows it's s***, or the importance of capital...

The perfect book for beginners to learn all the basics of Vietnamese! Reading & Writing Vietnamese offers an easy way to learn how to speak, read and write in Vietnamese. Often a difficult language to learn, this book is specially designed for beginners...

Puzzled by past tenses? Confused be comparatives? The English for Everyone Grammar Guide is packed with easy-to-follow English grammar rules and annotated sample sentences. Ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans, the Grammar Guide uses...