Our language is changing faster than ever before, thanks to the influence of the media, e-mail, the Internet and text messaging. Modern communications are breaking down distinctions between formal and informal English, raising ever more questions as to how to speak and write correctly. This fully updated edition of the bestselling Good Word Guide offers information and advice on spelling, grammar, punctuation, pronunciation, confusables and the latest buzzwords, and provides clear, straightforward answers to everyday language problems. With a foreword by Martin Cutts, Research Director, Plain Language Commission. 'In every sense, a good word guide' Times Educational Supplement 'This intelligent guide is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all readers and writers' Good Book Guide
Martin Manser is a Language Trainer and Consultant and has edited and authored many guides on language for a range of publishers including Penguin, Chambers, Collins and OUP.
Title: Good Word Guide: The Fast Way to Correct English - Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar and Usage
Author: Manser, Martin H.
ISBN: 9780713677591
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 2007-05-31
Number of Pages: 464
Weight: 0.3811 kg
'It is indeed a good word guide, answering thousands of questions on English usage in an easily digested style.' Plain Language Commission (website) (June 2007) In a world in which language is rapidly changing, this intelligent guide is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all readers and writers.' Good Book Guide (September 2007) 'If you want an easy-to-use desk guide to correct usage, then you want the Good Word Guide.' Writing Magazine (October 2007) 'Modern communications are breaking down the distinctions between formal and informal English... Martin H Manser sets out to solve the problems faced by writers of English.' Writer's New (August 2007)