Sách Guide to English Usage

Title: The Cambridge Guide to English Usage

Author(s): Pam Peters

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Date: 2004

Pages: 621

Size: 4.04 Mb

Format: PDF

Quality: High

Language: British English

Contents:

The Cambridge Guide to English Usage is an A-Z reference book, giving an up-to-date account of the debatable issues of English usage and written style. Its advice draws on a wealth of recent research and data from very large corpora of American and British English - illuminating their many divergences and also points of convergence on which international English can be based.

The book comprises more than 4000 points of word meaning, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and larger issues of inclusive language, and effective writing and argument. It also provides guidance on grammatical terminology, and covers topics in electronic communication and the internet. The discussion notes the major dictionaries, grammars and usage books in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia, allowing readers to calibrate their own practices as required. CGEU is descriptive rather than prescriptive, but offers a principled basis for implementing progressive or more conservative decisions on usage.


The book is based on extensive, up-to-date corpus data rather than on the author’s personal intuition or prejudice

It is truly international in scope, differentiating clearly between US, UK, Canadian and Australian usages and referring to other regional varieties as required

It is clearly and accessibly written, for easy use by anybody concerned with accurate communication in English, whether as a student, a writer, or in other business and professional spheres

Preface vii

Overview of Contents and How to Access Them x

A to Z Entries 1–592

Appendix I International Phonetic Alphabet Symbols for

English Sounds 593

Appendix II Geological Eras 594

Appendix III Perpetual Calendar 1901–2008 595

Appendix IV International System of Units (SI Units) 596

Appendix V Interconversion Tables for Metric and

Imperial Measures 597

Appendix VI Selected Proofreading Marks 598

Appendix VII Formats and Styles for Letters, Memos and

E-mail 600

Appendix VIII Layout for Envelopes 602

Appendix IX Currencies of the World 603

Bibliography 604