Cassell Guide to Common Errors

by HarryBlamires (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $4.20

  An A-Z guide to common errors in the English language, and to correct and incorrect usage. Dealing with problems of grammar, syntax, punctuation, spelling, usage and style, all articles have examples of incorrect usage, drawn from contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, television and radio.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  Fewer or less ; different from or different to ; to boldly go or to go boldly . The English language is a minefield of common errors and disputed points, but this book intends to be a hand to help. Dealing with wide-ranging problems of grammar, syntax, punctuation, spelling, usage and style, all articles have examples of incorrect usage, drawn from contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, television and radio. These help pinpoint the errors common in written or spoken English, and the correct examples indicate how best to avoid these pitfalls in one's own use of the English language.