Chambers Good English [antikvár]

PrefaceIs 'data' singular or plural? How should one pronounce the word 'controversy'? Is it wrong to split infinitives? Is it correct to use 'hopefully' in the sense of 'I hope'? What is the difference between 'continual' and 'continuous', between 'infer' and 'imply5, and between 'refute' and 'deny'? Most speakers of English have at some time or another asked questions like these, or have been asked them by someone else, but many people do not know where to find simple and straightforward answers to such questions. Now W R Chambers, who have long had an international reputation as publishers of authoritative dictionaries of the English language, have produced this Pocket Guide to Good English, a concise and easy-to-use manual of modern English usage which provides the user with the clear, simple guidelines on grammar, vocabulary, spelling, pronunciation and punctuation which he or she needs in order to be able to write English confidently and correctly.This book is not intended solely for students, secretaries, businessmen, and all those who in the course of their everyday work have to write reports, essays, letters or speeches. This book is for everyone who wants to speak and write English correctly. No home, office, or library should be without a copy of Chambers Pocket Guide to Good English.