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We all write, all the time: books, blogs, tweets, emails, emails, emails - and we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help. As Random House’s copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike - not to mention his followers on social media - for playfully, brilliantly deconstructing the English language. 

When it comes to learning a new language, studies have actually found that memorizing words doesn't work in the long term. But then, why does the traditional education system still follow this gut-wrenching pattern of memorizing words when it only sets students up for failure? As we keep looking for an answer to that question, it’s time for you to try a new approach - one that will finally stick...

Learn English in a Month will help you learn more about English grammar and also about everyday life in the United Kingdom. Subjects covered include: the weather, family, shopping, filling in forms, going on holiday, television, schools, writing emails, and using the phone.

Nicht jeder ist mit dem Talent der Sprechkunst gesegnet. Doch so häufig braucht man es im täglichen Leben, beispielsweise für die anstehende Präsentation in der Firma oder die Rede für Omas 80. Geburtstag. Doch wie funktioniert die Kunst der Rede im digitalen Zeitalter überhaupt? Kann man aus der Rhetorik-Geschichte lernen? Immerhin hatten schon die alten Römer ihren Nutzen aus der Kunst des Sprechens gezogen. Das Hörbuch der Rhetorik ist hier Ihr Ansprechpartner für die Rhetorik-Grundlagen. Rhetorik lernen – das will dieses Hörbuch vermitteln.

If you find yourself overwhelmed trying to memorize thousands of French vocabulary words or grammar rules or are struggling to speak French with native speakers, try this audiobook! This is not a basic French-for-beginners textbook designed to teach French but is an audiobook that will teach you how to learn French the smart way and get you to fluency faster using highly effective language-learning methods and techniques.

Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman reveals in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee" to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners. Goodman draws on advice manuals, court cases, and sermons to offer this colorfully crude portrait of offenses most foul.  

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine Paste Shelf Awareness “Essential...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Have You Eaten Grandma? written and read by Gyles Brandreth. 'Best thing ever, laugh-a-lot, spanning everything. Great book, I'm loving this' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2 It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semi-colons and even apostrophes...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition if First You Write a Sentence by Joe Moran, read by Roy McMillan. The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A poet writes in sentences, but so does the unsung author who came up with Items trapped in doors cause delays. A good sentence can...

In this audiobook, you will encounter rich and new, but not too complex, vocabulary, which is translated at the end of the chapter, avoiding the hassle of having to stop the listening rhythm to look up every word in the dictionary. Every paragraph is translated, as well as the summary of the story, thus providing a clearer comprehension of each sentence while trying to prevent the temptation the listener might have, if discouraged, of giving up and listening to the whole story in English.

Apostrophes are everywhere - often where they don't belong and frequently missing where needed. This concise guide is designed to give any writer firm guidelines for the use of apostrophes, in any situation.

After a life spent studying people and business, Mike has developed a completely novel process that will take the listener through a systematic method to leave their old limitations behind and capitalize on the limitless opportunities of this fast-paced, high-tech world.

With this e-book, you will learn 150 useful Spanish words and phrases related to tourism and business. What is important to keep in mind in learning these phrases is that each and every Spanish-speaking country has its own nuisances of the language. That being said, we have assembled the most common words and phrases that will be well understood in any Spanish-speaking country. These words will be viable tools to begin to use practical Spanish with accuracy in the everyday speaking world of tourism and in the professional business world for international commerce.

Historian and popular TV presenter Ruth Goodman offers up a history of offensive language, insulting gestures, insolent behaviour, brawling and scandal in the 16th and 17th centuries - with practical tips on just how to horrify the neighbours. From royalty to peasantry, every age has its bad eggs, those who break all the rules and rub everyone up the wrong way. But their niggling, antisocial and irritating ways tell us about not only what upset people but also what mattered to them, how their society functioned and what kind of world they lived in.

This audiobook contains grammar points with examples for learners. With many chapters on various grammatical theories, A Grammar of the English Tongue is the complete guide to the correct usage of English. A Grammar of the English Tongue can help you get the basic skills you need for a career and for further educational pursuits.

By using this audiobook together with practice, you can learn to understand, read, write, and speak this beautiful language. French tends to have a reputation among English speakers as hard to learn, but it’s easier than you might think.

As language evolves faster than ever before, what is the future of 'correct' style? With wry cleverness and an uncanny intuition for the possibilities of Internet-age expressiveness, Favilla argues that rather than try to preserve the sanctity of the written language as laid out by Strunk and White, we should be concerned with the larger issues of clarity, flexibility, playfulness and political awareness. Her approach to the new rules - as practical as they are fun - will fascinate and delight believers and naysayers alike.

This book really makes you want to write! Whether you are starting your first novel or blogging up a storm, this book will make you a better communicator in the 21st century, the Age of Brevity and the Internet. If you can keep your writing brief and concise, you can save countless hours of frustration - for yourself and your readers. It's hard at first, but by mastering a few simple "tricks of the trade," you will not only keep it short, you will also discover new ideas, find new angles, and write with more zip. This short guide shows the way.

In Making Sense, David Crystal confronts the foe of many: grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking world, grammar disappeared from most school curricula, so that terms such as preposition and conjunction now often confound children and adults alike.

This book covers the basics of word usage, including nouns, pronouns, verbs, propositions and adjectives. It shows how they work together to form sentences and ideas, and how misuse of grammar can lead to serious misunderstandings.