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Making Sense of "Bad English"
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Making Sense ofMaking Sense of Why is it that some ways of using English are considered "good" and others are considered "bad"? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uneducated, coarse, or inappropriate? Making Sense of "Bad English" is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English in different settings around the world.
 
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Grammar Sense 3: Tests
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Grammar Sense 3, testsGrammar Sense 3, testsA comprehensive, four-level American English grammar practice series that gives learners a true understanding of how grammar is used in authentic contexts.

 
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Children learning English
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Children learning englishChildren learning english

There is something special about teaching children. Jayne Moon’s academic rigour and classroom experience inform every page of this book – but what shines through is a sense of the privilege it is to participate in someone’s learning at this age in their lives.
 
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st CenturyWhy is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care?
In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the twenty-first century, Pinker doesn’t carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of a century ago. Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose.
 
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English Humour for Beginners
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English Humour for Beginners"'If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humour.' So proclaims George Mikes' timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon. Whether it's understatement, self-deprecation or plain cruelty - the three elements he identifies as essential to our sense of humour - being witty is a way of life here. Perfectly placed as an adopted Englishman himself, Mikes delivers his shrewd advice - helpfully divided into 'Theory' and 'Practice' - with a comic precision. Drawing on a trove of examples from our rich canon, from Orwel..
 
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