PRACTICAL ENGLISH USAGE, Fourth Edition

Your indispensable guide to problems in English Practical English Usage answers the questions that teachers and learners ask about English grammar and vocabulary, using clear corpus-informed explanations and examples. More than 600 entries range across issues such as: article problems • using tenses • singular they get as a passive auxiliary • the truth about conditionals bring or take? • can, could, may or might? • classic or classical? emails • politeness • avoiding offensive language New edition Now organised into tw o main parts for quicker, easier reference Complete practical learner's grammar 28 sections cover all the grammar and usage that learners need to know, including: - the grammar of speech and formal writing - British-American differences - changes in English - questions of style and idiom - lists of learners' most common mistakes Guide to vocabulary problems - rules for word formation and spelling - a survey of high-priority vocabulary areas - an A-Z guide to over 250 common word problems Jf OXFORD SHAPING le a r n in g TOGETHER ISBN 978-0-19-420246-6 UNIVERSITY PRESS www.oup.com/elt