McCarthy's Field Guide to Grammar
Natural English Usage and Style
$39.32
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
29 March 2022
Summary
“You ain’t gonna like it: bad grammar’s not so bad.” - The Times
Remember all those grammar rules from school? No? Most of us don’t. Mike McCarthy, renowned corpus linguist and co-author of the 900-page Cambridge Grammar of English, answers the awkward questions that regularly bother us about English grammar. In this helpful A-Z field guide, McCarthy tells us what the conventional rules are, as well as shows us what people are writing or saying now, and gives…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529393514 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529393515 |
| Author: | Michael McCarthy |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Chambers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 132mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Michael McCarthy
Michael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham, UK. He holds/has held Visiting and Adjunct Professorships at the University of Limerick, Ireland, Newcastle University, UK, and Penn State University, USA. He is an Honorary Professor of the University of Valencia, Spain. He has been involved in the study and teaching of English for 52 years. Since the 1980s he has worked with computerised corpora, investigating the vocabulary and grammar of present-day English, with a focus on everyday spoken language. He is author of more than 50 books and 112 academic articles. He has lived and taught in the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Malaysia.
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