Usage and grammar guides

The punctuation workout for sticklers and rookies alike.

The new second edition of the Collins COBUILD English Usage has been specially designed for upper-intermediate and advanced students and teachers of English.

This major new edition of the Collins COBUILD English Grammar is a modern, global and learner-focussed grammar reference, aimed at learners and teachers of English.

The market's most indispensable phrasebook and dictionary has been reinvented for ereaders and is better than ever.

The Collins COBUILD Active English Grammar offers intermediate learners of English a quick and easy-to-use reference guide to the most important points in English Grammar.

Collins Webster's Easy Learning Writing is an accessible guide to successful writing in the English language.

Collins Webster's Easy Learning Spelling is suitable for anyone who wants to improve their spelling and write more accurately and impressively.

Collins Webster's Easy Learning Grammar is an accessible guide to English grammar and punctuation.

Collins Easy Learning English Spelling is suitable for anyone who wants to improve their spelling and write more accurately and impressively.

Collins Easy Learning Grammar is an accessible guide to English grammar and punctuation.

A unique guide to communicating in French.

A unique guide to communicating in Spanish.

The plain guide to the most commonly used foreign words in the English language from the world word bank.

The complete guide to abbreviations and acronyms.

Unravel the meaning, origin, and usage of over 6,000 phrases from book and film titles, idioms and cliches, to nicknames, slogans and quotations with this modern and entertaining guide to wonderful phrases by one of the world's best-known wordsmiths.

Are standards of English alright - or should that be all right?

Troublesome Words is playful and riddlesome guide to the English language from the bestselling author of Notes from a Small Island and A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill BrysonWhat is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt?

'Be short, be simple, be human.

PLEASE NOTE - this is a replica of the print book and you will need paper and a pencil to complete the exercises.

The Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work.

The King's English is Kingsley Amis's authoritative and witty guide to the use and abuse of the English language.

Can anything be described as 'very real'?

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English.

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English.

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provide authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English.

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