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The Cambridge Guide to English Usage is an A-Z reference book, giving an up-to-date account of the debatable issues of English usage and written style. Its advice draws a wealth of recent research and data from very large corpora of American and British English-illuminating their many divergences and also points of convergence on which international English can be based. The book comprises more than 4000 points of word meaning, spelling, grammar, punctuation and larger issues of inclusive language, and effective writing and argument. It also provides guidance on grammatical terminology, and covers topics in electronic communication and the internet. The discussion notes the major dictionaries, grammars and usage books in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, allowing readers to calibrate their own practices as required. CGEU is descriptive rather than prescriptive, but offers a principled basis for implementing progressive or more conservative decisions on usage.
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Lexis Bookreview The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
This comprehensive encyclopedia is 573 pages long, including a preface, an introductory chapter and 24 more chapters distributed in six parts concerning different topics: history of English, its vocabulary, grammar, spoken and written varieties, use and language acquisition. It is completed by a useful webography and by an essential section on further reading works for each section of the book, that allows to deepen in any of their subjects. Besides, it contains three indexes about linguistic items, authors and topics respectively. The book constitutes a unique reference work on the current knowledge on the various fields of study of English language, and includes a presentation of different aspects of each subfield, together with illustrations, data tables, maps, diagrams and separated panels that include anecdotal or specific cases that exemplify and provide deeper insight on the topic in question.
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