Should I say He is taller than I or He is taller than me?
Do you spell it blond or blonde?
If you’ve ever been stopped in your tracks by questions like these, then this book is for you. A complete pocket guide to the ins and outs of everyday English, The Basics of English Usage will tell you all you need to know about such topics as:
correct spelling good grammar and style punctuation and how to use it problem words that everyone gets wrong.
Учебное пособие представляет собой систематическое изложение основных вопросов теоретической грамматики английского языка и включает в себя тексты лекций, сопровождаемые вопросами и заданиями для самоконтроля, а также развернутую тематику семинарских занятий, перечень тем курсовых и дипломных работ по грамматике.
Книга содержит тезисное представление основных положений грамматической теории, разбитое по семинарским темам, задания для самостоятельной работы по основным разделам морфологии, синтаксиса и грамматики текста, выдержки из работ лингвистов по кардинальным проблемам грамматики английского языка, тесты и глоссарии.
Jerry Madden, Associate Director of the Flight Projects Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, collected these gems of wisdom over a number of years from various unidentified sources. Rod Stewart of Mobile Data Services in Huntsville, Alabama edited and updated them. Over time, the NASA link disappeared, so this version of the rules was preserved to make sure that it stayed available. We have kept a copy posted continuously since the early nineties as a respectful tribute to Jerry's practical wisdom and good natured vision of excellence.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Arranging and Orchestration (with audio)
Music-making made easy — CD included.
There are few books on arranging and orchestration, fewer yet that are recent, and none that explain the process easily in a fun-to-read fashion. This book demonstrates how to take a simple composition and arrange it for different types of instrumental and vocal ensembles. The same song is used as an example throughout the entire book, and a variety of different types of arranging are covered.
