The Cambridge guide to English usage / / Pam Peters [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784416903321
• Autore: Peters Pam
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-107-14240-7; 0-511-48704-5; 1-280-47757-1; 0-511-19497-8; 0-511-19563-X; 0-511-19354-8; 0-511-31403-5; 0-511-19428-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 608 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 428
• Soggetti: English language - Usage; English language - United States - Usage; English language - Great Britain - Usage; English language - Australia - Usage; English language - Canada - Usage
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 604-608).
• Nota di contenuto: A-Z entries -- International phonetic alphabet symbols for English sounds -- Geological eras -- Perpetual calendar 1901-2008 -- International System of Units (SI Units) -- Interconversion tables for metric and imperial measures -- Selected proofreading marks -- Formats and styles for letters, memos and e-mail -- Layout for envelopes -- Currencies of the world.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 on 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 and 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 USA, 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.