Grammar category: 1029 books
by Giovanni da Milano, Escuela de Idiomas De Vecchi
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Para el correcto conocimiento y aprendizaje de una lengua es imprescindible conocer a fondo la gramática. El manual que tiene entre sus manos pone a su alcance la adquisición de estos conocimientos de una forma fácil: la teoría está perfectamente sintetizada y explicada de forma clara y sencilla;...
by Keith Houston
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
“An absolutely fascinating blend of history, design, sociology, and cultural poetics—highly recommended.”—Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histories...
by Wendy Abraham
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 30, 2012
¡No te preocupes! Esta práctica guía te permitirá empezar a hablar chino rápidamente.
Dirigida a viajeros, estudiantes de Relaciones Internacionales, gente de negocios y aficionados a los idiomas,Chino para Dummies es el recurso indispensable para poder comunicarse con los ciudadanos...
Writing Architecture
A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
For ages, architects have been criticized for speaking an insular language, known to some as "archispeak." Writing Architecture considers the process, methods, and value of architecture writing based on Carter Wiseman’s 30 years of personal experience in writing, editing, and teaching in young architects...
Wretched Writing
A Compendium of Crimes Against the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Wretched writing is the lowest of the low; it is a felonious assault on the English language. Exuberantly excessive, it is a sin committed often by amateurs and all-too-frequently by gifted writers having an off day. In short, it’s very bad writing. Truly bad. Appallingly bad.
It’s also...
by Jerome K. Jerome
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Told After Supper
by Jerome K. Jerome
It is Christmas Eve, and the narrator, his uncle and sundry other local characters are sitting round the fire drinking copious quantities of whisky punch and telling ghost stories until bedtime, when... But no, I won't spoil the fun. This is a little gem:...
by Jerome K. Jerome
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
The Man Of Science
by Jerome K. Jerome
I met a man in the Strand one day that I knew very well, as I thought, though I had not seen him for years. We walked together to Charing Cross, and there we shook hands and parted. Next morning, I spoke of this meeting to a mutual friend, and then I learnt,...
by Annika Chung
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017
This Korean phrase book covers a wide range of topics in everyday situations. Its extensive list ranges from shopping, socializing, doing business to understanding Korean slang. Readers can practice essential phrases with 38 audio lessons accessible via the publisher’s website. Simply take out your...
by Redazioni Garzanti, Redazioni Garzanti
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Qual è si scrive con o senza apostrofo? Il plurale di ciliegia è ciliegie o ciliege? Si dice il pneumatico o lo pneumatico? Accenti, apostrofi, interpunzione, plurale dei nomi, aggettivi, pronomi, verbi regolari e irregolari, preposizioni, congiunzioni: la morfologia della lingua italiana, con le sue...
by Bruce Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2015
An indispensable writing tool for authors.This Punctuation Primer contains generally accepted rules authors need to make reading clear, and enjoyable. This e-book is intended to be left open on the desktop as a ready reference while writing. It explains and provides examples for: Commas ...
The Story Cure
A Book Doctor's Pain-Free Guide to Finishing Your Novel or Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
A collection of cures for writer's block, plotting and characterization issues, and other ailments writers face when completing a novel or memoir, prescribed by the director of creative writing at Ohio University.
People want to write the book they know is inside of them, but they run into...
The Bride of Anguished English
A Bonanza of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-Boos
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
For years wordsmith and punster Richard Lederer has charmed and delighted fans with his bestselling "Anguished English" series. In his funniest book yet, readers will again cherish the author's latest chronicle of the goofs and gaffes and fluffs and flubs of our anguished language. And the...
Informal English
Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles, and Other Curious Words and Phrases of North America
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2005
Gleaned from antiquated dictionaries, dialect glossaries, studies of folklore, nautical lexicons, historical writings, letters, novels, and miscellaneous sources, Informal English offers a captivating treasure trove of linguistic oddities that will not only entertain but also shed light on America's...
Maori at Home
An Everyday Guide to Learning the Maori Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
Maori at Home is the perfect introduction to the Maori language. A highly practical, easy and fun resource for everyday New Zealanders, it covers the basics of life in and around a typical Kiwi household.
Whether you're practising sport, getting ready for school, celebrating a birthday, preparing...