Spelling & Vocabulary

In his best-selling Strictly English Simon Heffer explained how to write and speak our language well. In Simply English he offers an entertaining and supremely useful A-Z guide to frequent errors, common misunderstandings and stylistic howlers. What is...

This highly-visual book introduces an effective new method to learn over 1,000 Japanese kanji characters using visual stimuli and pictographs.Learning the fundamental kanji characters used to write Japanese can be challenging, but this book is designed...

Thinking Welsh focuses on how common English words, phrases and constructions map onto Welsh, and highlights the key areas of difference and difficulty in these mapping operations. 150 English words and grammatical and communicative concepts are listed...

From royalty to peasantry, every age has its bad eggs, those who break all the rules and rub everyone up the wrong way. But their niggling, anti-social and irritating ways not only tell us about what upset people, but also what mattered to them, how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623157968Author Lisa McLendonFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Zephyros PressPublisher Zephyros PressWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 251mm * 201mm *...

Comprehensive and clear explanations of key grammar patterns and structures are reinforced and contextualized through authentic materials. You will not only learn how to construct grammar correctly, but when and where to use it so you sound natural and...

What's a dilemma? Is it a syllogism? What about an enthymeme? Is there really an ancient science behind the gift of the gab? Why do silken-tongued lawyers and top politicians study the Trivium? In this unique little book, the smallest on its subject...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492912682Author David John NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Basic Cantonese introduces the essentials of Cantonese grammar in a straightforward and systematic way. Each of the 28 units deals with a grammatical topic and provides associated exercises, designed to put grammar into a communicative context. Special...

Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, French Grammar and Usage is a complete guide to French as it is written and spoken today. It includes clear descriptions of all the main grammatical phenomena of...

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

The quick and easy way to learn the basic Japanese kanji!Learning Japanese Kanji Practice Book is intended for beginning students or experienced speakers who need to practice their written Japanese. Kanji are an essential part of the Japanese language...

An interactive workbook for beginners to learn how to write and read Korean quickly! This easy workbook has everything you need to learn the Korean scripts-clear explanations, plentiful practice exercises, and free online audio recordings by native...

The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. This book offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of French. Perfect for French exams revision. Designed for all those...

Japanese Kanji and Kana Workbook offers a modern approach to learning the Japanese writing system, covering all 92 Hiragana & Katakana characters as well as over 600 important Kanji!Offering such a wide range of characters allows students to build a...

A weird and wonderful word and its meaning for every day of the year.Who knew that to dringle is to 'waste time in a lazy lingering manner'? Or that a sudden happy ending could be termed a eucotastrophe? Looking for an alternative word to 'bullshit'?...

The fast, easy way to master the essentials of Spanish Now, learning Spanish can be as easy as uno, dos, tres! Combiningthe quick- reference virtues of a phrase book with the learningtools of a full-fledged language course, this popular guide givesyou a...

All the grammar knowledge required by the revised AS and A Level specifications, for both classroom use and self-study. Help Yourself to Advanced French Grammar provides a unique structure for grammar learning: Step 1: Diagnostic activitis help students...

600 Basic Japanese Verbs is a handy, easy-to-use guide to one of the building blocks of Japanese grammar-verbs.This book will be an essential resource for students wishing to learn Japanese as it shows how to conjugate the 600 most common Japanese verbs...

The home of trusted English learner's dictionaries for everyday language learning. Focussing on the most common errors in English, this book is the easiest way to improve your everyday language skills. Using simple explanations and corpus...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486476155Author Heather MccoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

"One of the best modern texts. Highly recommended." -The Japan Times Complete, compact and authoritative-this Japanese language book provides all the information needed to learn kanji and kana, including the 92 hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols...

Concise Designed to meet the needs both of the Arabic speaker who is learning English and of the English speaker who is learning Arabic. BL Records the different levels of usage met with in newspapers, radio, television, and films. BL Where familiar,...

Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide, Third Edition is an innovative reference guide to German, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume.The Grammar is divided into two parts. Part A covers grammatical categories such as...

Perfect for self-study or classroom learners, this Farsi language book takes a user-friendly approach.Farsi for Beginners is a complete language course by experienced teacher Dr. Saeid Atoofi, which will help you to speak the language and open doors to...

A weird and wonderful word and its meaning for every day of the year.'A lexicological delight' Professor David CrystalWho knew that to dringle is to 'waste time in a lazy lingering manner'? Or that a sudden happy ending could be termed a eucotastrophe?...

Pasos 2: Spanish Intermediate course is a best-selling, multi-format adult learning programme for classroom and home use. Fully revised and updated for this new edition, the course takes your learning further with a fully integrated book, audio and...

The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. The quickest way to study the essential French words and the perfect companion to titles in the ever-popular Easy Learning French range. Designed for learners...

Do men use bad language more than women? How do social class and the use of bad language interact? Do young speakers use bad language more frequently than older speakers? Using the spoken section of the British National Corpus, Swearing in English...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951949303Author Lingo MasteryFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Lingo MasteryPublisher Lingo MasteryWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

500 Basic Korean Verbs is a complete study guide to the most common Korean verbsKorean grammar is notoriously difficult for foreigners to master but is essential for those wishing to learn Korean. This book is the only comprehensive guide to the correct...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486251332Author Douglas Q. AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

One hundred million podcast downloads say it all: Mignon Fogarty's kicky, practical, and easy-to-remember advice about style and usage has won her fans across the globe. Her first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New...

Every day we use our mobiles and computers to communicate, but ironically we are losing touch with face-to-face talk. Catherine Blyth reveals the endless possibilities of conversation and shows that when it works it can come close to heaven. With...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789601211053Author Maria Tsiotsiou-MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 151

Hundreds of wide-ranging word lists all sorted by length and then alphabetically to help with solving cryptic and quick crossword clues. Portable and pocket-sized, it is the ideal travel crossword-solving companion. A must for all crossword...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991167401Author Arlene MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Bigwords101Publisher Bigwords101Weight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 11mm

Essential Japanese Grammar is an indispensable study guide for students of the Japanese language at all levels.Long the standard in Japanese language education, it provides clear, jargon-free explanations of how Japanese grammar works and offers hundreds...

Easy-to-read and extensive, this Tagalog dictionary is an essential language learning and translation tool.The Tuttle Concise Tagalog Dictionary gives you the most complete and up-to-date translations from English to Tagalog/Filipino and is the most...

Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their...