Practical English Usage [antikvár]

The purpose of this book. English, like all languages, is full of problems for the foreign learner. Somé of these problems are easy to explain - for instance, the formation of questions, the difference between since and for, the meaning of after all. Other problems are more tricky, and cause difficulty even to advanced students and teachers. How exactly is the present perfect tense used? What are the differences between at, on and in with expressions of place? We can say a chair leg - why not "a girl leg? What are the real rules for the use of like and as? When can we use the expression do so? When is of used after botb? What is the difference between come and go, between eacb and every, between beacb, coast and sbore, between fairly, quite, rather and pretty ? Is it correct to say There's three more bottles in the fridge? How do you say 3x4 = 12 ? And so on, and so on. This book is a practical reference guide to problems of this kind. It deals with over 600 points which regularly cause difficulty to foreign students of English. Most of the questions treated are grammatical, but there are alsó explanations of a certain number of common vocabulary problems (eg the difference between big, great and large). Level The book is intended for intermediate and advanced students, and for teachers of English. Being a reference book, it contains information at various levels, ranging from relatively simple points to very advanced problems. Organization Problems are mostly explained in short separate entries; the book is more like a dictionary than a grammar in form. This makes it possible to give a clear complete treatment of each problem, and enables the user to concentrate just on the point he needs information about. Entries are arranged (roughly) alphabetically by title, and numbered in sequence; a comprehensive index shows where each point can be found. Approach and style I 'have tried to make the presentation as practical as possible. Each entry contains an explanation of a problem, examples of correct usage, and (when this is useful) examples of typical mistakes. More complicated problems are divided into separate entries: a generál explanation first, followed by more complete information for advanced students and teachers. Explanations are, as far as possible, in simple everyday language. Where it has been necessarv to use gram-