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Everyday English

How to Say What You Mean and Write Everything Right

By: Patrick Scrivenor

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Everyday English

How to Say What You Mean and Write Everything Right

By: Patrick Scrivenor

Do you puzzle over participles, argue over agreement, or throw up your hands over the comma? This back-to-basics overview of the English language includes just what you need to know to make a great impression every day—in school, in life, online, and on the job. Each chapter, covering all the essentials from parts of speech to pronunciation to common pitfalls, includes concise, easy-to-find definitions and explanations, countless examples, fun facts, and tips. · Parts of Speech: Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more form the building blocks of the English language. Don’t get tripped up by tenses, possessive pronouns, or adverbs ever again. · Grammar: From the simplest sentences to the most complex, this quick guide to grammar shows how to construct phrases and clauses, fix fragments, maintain subject-verb agreement, and so much more. · Spelling and Pronunciation: Avoid embarrassing gaffes and typos with this guide to common spellings, vowel and consonant sounds, and word stress. · Punctuation: Eggs or egg’s, the Smiths or the Smith’s (or the Smiths’)—proper punctuation makes all the difference. Never misplace another comma, misuse another apostrophe, or mistake another semicolon for an ink smudge. · Clear Usage: Create sparkling sentences by using ten key principles of great writing, such as Don’t use no double negatives, Steer clear of clichés, and It is thought that using passive voice should be avoided. (CK final keys) · Pitfalls and Confusions: Avoid misunderstandings with this handy list of some of the most commonly confused words, spellings, and meanings—from affect and effect to your and you’re.

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Penguin

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1606524844

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9781606524848

Mad Toffs - The British Upper Classes at Their Best and Worst

By: Patrick Scrivenor

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Mad Toffs - The British Upper Classes at Their Best and Worst

By: Patrick Scrivenor

‘This book is a record of the British upper classes – and a few others – at their best (sometimes their worst), displaying a sort of unhinged blitheness of manner that leads them to say and do strangely unexpected things. It is a quality of innocent insolence, or maybe guileless arrogance, which belongs only to the very rich, the very privileged and the very idle.’ Consider the duke who, on being told by his butler that there was no bread, demanded to know why he had not been brought toast, or the earl whose passion for his good-looking young footmen led to their tinkling with the jewellery he had given them. Or the duke who, when it was tentatively suggested that he might, as an economy, dispense with one of his six chefs – the pastry cook – gazed bleakly at his straitened future and asked plaintively, ‘Can’t a chap have a biscuit?’ Patrick Scrivenor has combed the annals of the British aristocracy to provide an illuminating – and wildly funny – portrait of people who, though often talented in their own fields, courteous and well-meaning, generous and even liberal-minded, none the less display a certain disconnectedness from the realities that tend to afflict the less elevated echelons of society. The result is clear evidence that what many call ‘eccentricity’, the more rational would probably describe as ‘plain bonkers’. Whether you aspire to the upper reaches of the Establishment yourself, or long for the Revolution and the tumbrils carrying the toffs to their horrible fate, this is a book to amuse, delight, mystify, amaze and, occasionally, outrage any reader.

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Metro Publishing

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1784188700

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9781784188702

I Used to Know That: English

By: Patrick Scrivenor

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I Used to Know That: English

By: Patrick Scrivenor

Relearn the essential rules of the English language, from grammar and punctuation to sentence construction and parts of speech.

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Michael O'Mara Books

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1843179350

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Mad Toffs - The British Upper Classes at Their Best and Worst

By: Patrick Scrivenor

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Cancer Positive

The Role of the Mind in Tackling Cancers

By: James Colthurst,Patrick Scrivenor

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Cancer Positive

The Role of the Mind in Tackling Cancers

By: James Colthurst,Patrick Scrivenor

As a surgeon and a medical doctor, James Colthurst is used to employing more traditional methods of treating cancer. In this ground-breaking book, however, he argues that through addressing the emotional needs of patients, and after the processes of diagnosis and treatment, their physical condition can improve dramatically. Drawing on many years of research and of practical hands-on experience, Dr Colthurst demonstrates that a series of psychological exercises and mental disciplines, as a supplement to more conventional treatment, can improve the physical as well as the mental well-being of patients. He has achieved outstanding rates of recovery in even the most aggressive cancers through his approach, which combines accepted medical practice with a recognition of the enormous benefits of adopting a positive attitude to the disease and its treatment. The book focuses on lifestyle changes, while also addressing the practical side. Drawing on his own experience and case histories, Dr Colthurst explains the medical terms and treatments available, while also providing a wealth of information needed by cancer sufferers and those close to them.

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Everyday English

Everyday English

Mad Toffs - The British Upper Classes at Their Best and Worst

Mad Toffs - The British Upper Classes at Their Best and Worst

I Used to Know That: English

I Used to Know That: English

Mad Toffs - The British Upper Classes at Their Best and Worst

Mad Toffs - The British Upper Classes at Their Best and Worst

Cancer Positive

Cancer Positive

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