Do you have a proclivity for sesquipedalian words? Has your prose become ossified because you haven't augmented your vocabulary lately? Here's the perfect pedagogical solution. Word Smart Genius Edition teaches more than 150 of the most interesting and challenging words in the English language. Perfect for college students, professionals, wordmongers, crossword puzzle devotees, or just plain show-offs, Word Smart Genius Edition informs and instructs in a uniquely entertaining way.
Книга для студентов, обучающая письму. Нет, скорее, объясняющая "подводные камни" и рассказывающая обо всё, что касается письменной речи, в том числе и о грамматике, пунктуации, стиле письма, поиске нужной информации в интернете и о многом другом.
Based on the popular textbook Rules of Thumb, this handy quick-reference guide has been designed for use by students or anyone else in need of writing advice. It's an all-in-one, at-aglance resource that provides fast, concise answers to common questions
When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People: How to Avoid Common Errors in English
Ещё одно пособие по "оттачиванию" письменной и устной английской речи научит вас наиболее распространённым ошибкам, которые допускают в разговорах или при письме, чтобы вы могли избегать повторения этих ошибок.
Are you worried that how you speak or write is holding you back at work? Do you fear you're making frequent conversational errors, but just aren't sure what's correct? Ever stumble when choosing between "who" and "whom," "affect" and "effect," "lay" and "lie"? If so, then When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People should be at the top of your reading list. This comprehensive, easy-to-use reference is a program designed to help you identify and correct the most common errors in written and spoken English. After a short and simple review of some basic principles, this book is organized in the most useful way possible-by error type, such as "Problem Pronouns" or "Mixing up Words that Sound the Same." You choose how to work your way through, either sequentially or in the order most relevant to you. Each unit contains tests at the end to help you reinforce what you've learned.
'English Grammar: A University Course' by Angela Downing and Philip Locke Курс английской грамматики, как и следует из названия учебника, для первокурсников ВУЗов, у которых английский не является родным языком.
This comprehensive up-to-date descriptive grammar is a complete course for first degree and post-graduate students of English as a Foreign Language. It is also suitable as a background course for literature and discourse studies, since grammatical usage is illustrated with authentic texts, many of them from literary sources. Originally published by Prentice Hall in 1992, this text is now readily available world-wide from Routledge. Features include: *chapters divided into modules of class-length material *literary and other authentic texts and transcriptions contextualise structure *clear chapter and module summaries enabling efficient teacher preparation and student revision *tasks for individual study at the end of each chapter *answer key to tasks *comprehensive index.
Career Press - Business Letters for Busy People - Time Saving, Ready-to-Use Letter for Any Ocassion, 4th Edition Образцы писем для деловой переписки This is a handy, quick-reference guide that gives you what you need to write virtually any kind of business letter, including sample letters you can adapt and use right now. A must for any business office, home office or home, this newly updated classic has been a best-seller since it was introduced in 1991. It's packed with the most concrete information, useful techniques, and practical tips available.
When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People: How to Avoid Common Errors in English 
