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  • The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
  • Clichés: Avoid Them Like the Plague!
  • That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us
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Линн Виссон - What Mean?: Where Russians Go Wrong in English
"Русские проблемы в английской речи (слова и фразы в контексте двух культур)" — одновременно учебник, путеводитель по устному английскому языку и сборник упражнений. Книга...
Bill Bryson - Mother Tongue: The English Language
How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and r...
Molly McClain, Jacqueline Roth - Schaum'S Quick Guide To Writing Great Essays

Schaum'S Quick Guide To Writing Great Essays

Molly McClain, Jacqueline Roth

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Great Essays...The Schaum's Way. Write the kinds of essays that will help you succeed in college and the professional world. Quickly and simply, this guide gives you cl...
Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein - They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Persuasive Writing
They Say / I Say shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most important of which involves summarizing what others have said (they say) to se...
Melvyn Bragg - The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs...
Adam Jacot de Boinod - I never knew there was a word for it

I never knew there was a word for it

Adam Jacot de Boinod

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From 'shotclog' a Yorkshire term for a companion only tolerated because he is paying for the drinks to Albanian having 29 words to describe different kinds of eyebrows, th...
Мэри Норрис - Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good chee...
Линн Виссон - Русские проблемы в английской речи. Слова и фразы в контексте двух культур
«Русские проблемы в английской речи (слова и фразы в контексте двух культур)» — одновременно учебник, путеводитель по устному английскому языку и сборник упражнений. Книга...
David Bellos - Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

David Bellos

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<p>People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and ...
Nigel Fountain - Clichés: Avoid Them Like the Plague!
At the end of the day, when it comes to getting your head around clichés, everybody seems to be singing from the same hymn sheet. Clichés have become such a familiar part ...