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Practical English Usage 3rd Edition
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· Over 600 concise, authoritative entries.
· Explanations and examples based on current corpus research.
· Entries on "kinds of English," covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change.
- ISBN-109780194420983
- ISBN-13978-0194420983
- Edition3rd
- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication dateJuly 7, 2005
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.25 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches
- Print length658 pages
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- ASIN : 0194420981
- Publisher : Oxford University Press; 3rd edition (July 7, 2005)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 658 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780194420983
- ISBN-13 : 978-0194420983
- Item Weight : 2 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.5 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #367,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #565 in Linguistics Reference
- #755 in Foreign Language Instruction (Books)
- #831 in English as a Second Language Instruction
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Michael Swan has written and co-authored a wide range of English language teaching and reference materials, informed by 20 years' TESOL experience in Britain and abroad. He has published a number of articles on the principles and methodology of second language teaching, and is a regular speaker at international conferences.
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and had bought another two copies sending to
my son and a good friend for learning English.
For anyone learning English as a Second Language, or anyone who has to teach it, this book is indispensable. It covers issues of usage, not grammar (eg: When is the present perfect tense used, not how to form it.) It is designed for international students etc. as can be seen in the entries on 'false friends' like 'sympathetic' with reference to other European languages. I love the way Swan deals with language as it is actually used (he weighs in on the who/whom debate by giving details on what people do say, rather than what they ought. Other good features include a list of swear-words with a rating to help give an indication of their strength. As a native English speaker, I too have found this book very useful (it is slowly teaching me the monstrous spelling rule and irregularities of the English language).
What I dislike about this book:
Can't fault it. Perhaps the SMS abbreviations are quite dated even a couple of years on. But documenting in print youth abbreviations in Email/SMS etc. are a problem with no solution.
Where to from here:
'Practical' 'English' Usage'. It does everything it says on the box, and does it well. If that is what you need, this is the book you need.
Going to return.
Not displaying whole name due to respect.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 11, 2023
Going to return.
Not displaying whole name due to respect.
I looked in all the book stores in Browns Bay for it and disappointingly realizing this would be a specialized book order, went home and had to ordered it online.
Thanks. This book will come in very handy in my future as an ESOL teacher.
I bought this book for someone from South Korea and most of the time he makes an error, I don't pay attention.
His English was poor when we met. He's totally immersed in the English language now that he's living in Canada. When he asks me "why" a particular phrase is used, I am often stuck to explain the grammatical syntax. Fortunately, this book answers these questions, and then some...
I'd highly recommend this book for those who have a foundation of the language and want to improve their grammatical skills.
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Más de 600 páginas de pura estructura sin rodeos. Conciso. Preciso. Al grano. Con una parte de vocabulario y colocaciones.
Siendo Oxford quien lo edita, da mucha seguridad en cuanto a contenido y calidad.
Muy muy recomendada publicación.











