Do you want to learn more English verbs? This book guides you to over 200 of the most important and useful verbs in everyday English, covering the following areas: travel; work and business; law and order; entertainment, and much more.

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It also discusses various uses of language, from creative writing, CVs and reports to verbal presentations, and business and personal letters, with many useful suggestions for accurate and fluent English. Author by: Hina Belitz Language: en Publisher by: Penguin Books Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 76 Total Download: 287 File Size: 46,5 Mb Description: An essential guide for every worker and employer in the UK, this book is a highly accessible self-help handbook on employment rights. The emphasis is on presenting readers with their rights in plain English, cutting through the jargon that often surrounds the law. It contains 25 chapters on topics such as interview and selection, contracts of employment, flexible working, bullying, maternity rights and redundancy. Each chapter consists of a question and answer section, with replies to the most commonly asked questions, actual case histories, an easy to use listings guide to the relevant laws, and a 'Next Steps' section. Author by: Patricia T.

O'Conner Language: en Publisher by: Penguin Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 37 Total Download: 520 File Size: 40,9 Mb Description: In this new edition of Woe Is I, Patricia T. O’Conner unties the knottiest grammar tangles and displays the same lively humor that has charmed and enlightened grateful readers for years. With new chapters on spelling and punctuation, and fresh insights into the rights, wrongs, and maybes of English grammar and usage, Woe Is I offers down-to-earth explanations and plain-English solutions to the language mysteries that bedevil all of us: • Avoid the persistent (and persistently embarrassing) grammatical errors that bewilder the best andthe brightest • Pronounce and spell words that even the smartest people mangle • Correctly use hundreds of woefully abused words and phrases From the Trade Paperback edition. Author by: Robert Allen Language: en Publisher by: Penguin UK Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 28 Total Download: 306 File Size: 47,6 Mb Description: The Penguin Writers' Guides series provide authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to gris with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively. Common Errors in English is a thorough A-Z checklist of the mistakes that often crop up in all aspects of written English. It gives ready and authoritative guidance on today's usage difficulties, being up-to-date with all the latest controversies, pitfalls and oddities of our language.

Written in a lively style, with plenty of interest and humour, Common Errors shouldn't be far from the fingertips of anyone who does any kind of writing. Author by: Patricia T.

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Just like Woe Is I, her national bestseller for adults, the junior version uses conversational language and witty, entertaining examples to show how fun and easy it can be to use good English. It's a humorous reference book you'll actually enjoy pulling off the shelf. Like a humorous Strunk and White for 4th through 8th graders, this is destined to become a must-have for every English classroom and student.

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