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4) The birds and the bees of words: a guide to the most common errors in usage, spelling, and grammar
Author
Publisher
Allworth Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Publisher
Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
Description
"Con el fin de proporcionar una guía fácil y divertida a esos millones de hablantes del español que sienten una influencia desproporcionada del inglés sobre su modo de expresarse y para despejar dudas ortográficas y gramaticales, la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE) les ofrece estos consejos redactados por sus académicos tras un minucioso y prolongado proceso de elaboración"--Cover, P. [4].
A spelling, grammar,...
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"...A personal collection, built up over thirty years as a writer and editor in two countries" and "intended as a quick, concise guide to the problems of English spelling and usage." First published in the 1980s, Bryson's compilation has been updated and re-released, and includes definitions, guides to punctuation and grammar, and helpful conversion tables (Celsius to Fahrenheit; kilometers to miles). In short, it's equal parts The Elements of Style,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A linguistic exploration of the speech habits we love to hate-and why our "um"s, "like"s, and "you know"s actually make us better communicators. Do you hate that you say "like" too much? Do you go over your email drafts to remove excess "so"s and "really"s? Do you wish your presentation at work wasn't so full of "um"s and "uh"s? Do you get tripped up by slang, overly familiar greetings, or new pronouns? What if these features of our speech weren't...