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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Good books about English Usage

Dear All,

I wonder you like to share info regarding books you consider good in discussing English Usage. The second thing: do you think necessary to keep a copy of such book near you when you are writing. Thank you very much.

Regards,

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Practical English Usage By Michael Swan, Oxford University Press. p=709620 My own standby, from its first appearance in 1980, has been Michael Swan's Practical English Usage . As its publishers claim to have sold over one and a half million cipies world wide, and as it is still (in its 3rd edition form) on sale after 30 years, I am not alone in my admiration of the book.

— Fivejedjon

  • Practical English Usage By Michael Swan, Oxford University Press.
  • p=709620 My own standby, from its first appearance in 1980, has been Michael Swan's Practical English Usage .
  • As its publishers claim to have sold over one and a half million cipies world wide, and as it is still (in its 3rd edition form) on sale after 30 years, I am not alone in my admiration of the book.
  • Swan is intelligent and knowledgeable, and writes clearly.
  • He does not invent 'rules' that later turn out to have dozens of exceptions; he simply explains clearly what you can and cannot say in modern English.
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  1. Practical English Usage
    By Michael Swan, Oxford University Press. [3rd edtion -2005]


    http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/report.php?p=709620My own standby, from its first appearance in 1980, has been Michael Swan's Practical English Usage
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I happen to like my http://amzn.to/2ayEBat but I'm not knowledgeable enough to give a review as thorough as fivejedjon's. There's a newer edition called http://amzn.to
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