This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. This 'little' book can help students communicate more effectively, showing them how to enliven their sentences, put statements in the positive form and write in a clear and simple style.

Offering updated material to reflect current style, this 15th edition includes guidance on electronic publications, journals and mathematical copy. A comprehensive gathering of material, the Chicago Manual of Style is an essential reference for publishing professionals.

A guide to perfect punctuation for those who care about precise writing.

Explains the correct use of words that pose special problems of confused or disputed language.

The third edition of 'Fowler's Modern English Usage' 1996 provided a complete revision and an expansion of the original text, bringing the book fully up to date on all matters of grammar, usage, syntax and style. This is a reissue of the revised third edition of 1998, which includes a new Supplement and revised entries.

The 3rd edition, revised by Janet Whitcut, has been completely reset and brought up-to-date for modern usage. This classic guide, full of advice on how to avoid woolly expressions, bad grammar and poor vocabulary selection, guides the user through the difficulties of writing clear, direct English.

In all his work, and throughout his life, the use and abuse of the English language was one of Kingsley Amis's principal concerns. This text conveys his love and knowledge of the subject to new generations of readers and writers.

Current usage of vocabulary and style is explained clearly and sections included cover: jargon, cliches, spelling and punctuation; ground rules of grammar; superfluous words, overuse or misuse; sexist language, the influence of science and technology, American English and exemplary clarity.

A guide to problems of English usage and spelling. It is suitable as a companion for those who work with the written word.

Brief, accessible, and inexpensive, The Little Brown Essential Handbook, Fifth Edition, answers questions about the writing process, usage, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, document design, research writing, and documentation. Minimal terminology, clear explanations and examples, and pointers for ESL writers help students at all levels. Extensive sections on research writing, source ...

What do writers and editors mean when they talk about style? Sometimes they mean formatting for consistency and clarity (Is it Texas or Tex. or TX? One space or two after a period?). Sometimes they mean correctness in spelling, grammar, word usage and punctuation (A historic or an historic?). This book shows how to write like the pros.

A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage.

An up-to-date, accessible A-Z guide to style and usage in international English.

Provides explanations and examples that are based on corpus research. This work focuses on entries on 'Kinds of English', covering Standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change.

For all those who have ever feared being shown up by using one of the twenty worst words and phrases to be avoided at all costs, or confusing the complex with the complicated, this trouble-shooting guide to common errors in English should be able to help.

This volume presents hard-to-grasp concepts in an easy-to-get format, with practical advice, examples and discussions on usage and style. This fourth edition has been completely revised and updated.

An up-to-date, evidence-based account of the variable points in Australian usage and style, in alphabetical format.

Tells the story of the battles surrounding English usage. This book combines a chronological survey of key influences in the area of usage with discussion of particular themes such as punctuation, spelling, and pronunciation.

Comprising two reference books, The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors and The Oxford Guide to Style , this book contains 16 topic-based chapters of help on every aspect of words in print, with clear examples and tables.

A guide to the most common errors in English. It is an opinionated take on the parlous state of the English language, the author's fictional friend The Grouchy Grammarian examines forty seven of the most common mistakes in English from apostrophe atrocities to the lie/lay conundrum.