Pam Peters

The Cambridge Guide to English Usage

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This authoritative and highly readable guide to British, American and international English is based on current corpus evidence and solid language research. Now in its second edition, its contents have been fully updated and expanded to address countless usage issues, which are explained and illustrated throughout with lively contemporary examples"-- Provided by publisher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 620
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107165670
• ISBN-10: 1107165679
• Artikelnr.: 74116903

Autorenporträt

Pam Peters is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Macquarie University, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. The Cambridge Guide to English Usage is her best-selling book within the anglophone world and beyond.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Overview of contents and how to access them
A to Z entries
Appendix I. International Phonetic Alphabet symbols for English sounds
Appendix II. Geological eras
Appendix III. Perpetual calendar 1901-2099
Appendix IV. International System of Units (SI Units)
Appendix V. Interconversion tables for metric and imperial measures
Appendix VI. Proofreading marks: British and American
Appendix VII. Formats and styles for letters, memos and e-mail
Appendix VIII. Components of personal names in different countries
Appendix IX. Currencies of the world
Appendix X. Member states of the United Nations
Bibliography.

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Preface; Overview of contents and how to access them; A to Z entries; Appendix I. International Phonetic Alphabet symbols of English sounds; Appendix II. Geological eras; Appendix III. Perpetual calendar 1901-2008; Appendix IV. International system of units (SI units); Appendix V. Interconversion tables for metric and imperial measures; Appendix VI. Selected proofreading marks; Appendix VII. Formats and styles for letters, memos and e-mail; Appendix VIII. Layout for envelopes; Appendix IX. Currencies of the world; Bibliography.

Rezensionen

'The Cambridge Guide to English Usage is unique in the extent of its coverage of all the major varieties of English and in the degree to which it is based on corpus evidence, that is, on the analysis of vast collections of actual written and spoken language in each of the varieties under study. Peters' judicious use of these corpora and her evident familiarity with the extensive literature of past and contemporary language studies give The Cambridge Guide to English Usage an authority unmatched by any other usage guide.' Sidney Landau