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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 cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.Greek to Me features Norris's laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usage—comma faults, danglers, "who" vs. "whom," "that" vs. "which," compound words, gender-neutral language—and her clear explanations of how to handle them. Down-to-earth and always open-minded, she draws on examples from Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, and the Lord's Prayer, as well as from The Honeymooners, The Simpsons, David Foster Wallace, and Gillian Flynn. She takes us to see a copy of Noah Webster's groundbreaking Blue-Back Speller, on a quest to find out who put the hyphen in Moby-Dick, on a pilgrimage to the world's only pencil-sharpener museum, and inside the hallowed halls of The New Yorker and her work with such celebrated writers as Pauline Kael, Philip Roth, and George Saunders.Readers—and writers—will find in Norris neither a scold nor a softie but a wise and witty new friend in love with language and alive to the glories of its use in America, even in the age of autocorrect and spell-check. As Norris writes, "The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around."Show book
Do you want to speak English fluently in various situations? Listen to • start with listening to a dialogue introducing the subject of the lesson,• then broaden and consolidate vocabulary used in typical situations,• finally answer questions and independently form sentences following the teacher’s instructions.In the new edition of the course, you will find more exercises and examples that consolidate the material and teach how to use it in practice. This is effective learning, easy and accessible to everyone. Course material:"A Month in Brighton – New Edition" presents the subjects of everyday conversations and teaches how to introduce yourself, talk about your family, make appointment or solve everyday problems at the doctor’s, in a bank or when doing the shopping."Holiday Travels – New Edition" covers subjects connected with travelling and going abroad. It increases vocabulary, and teaches how to ask questions, make requests, pass on information and solve every day problems."Business English – New Edition" teaches typical expressions used at work and when seeking new employment. Through a general broadening of vocabulary it develops communication skills in the office and in various business situations. E-book (plik PDF) – the texts of all the recordings: dialogues and exercises with answers. In addition, there is a Glossary to each lesson including the more difficult words and phrases translated into: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Chinese.Show book
The complete method. 300 essential words and phrases, 140 common expressions, the 100 most common verbs, the 1000 essential words. How to learn a language differently ? With our learning method : I listen, I repeat, I speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening, combined with words, essential phrases, and a vocabulary list. 20% of the words are used 80% of the time. The end goal is to get a sufficient level in one language to be able to hold simple conversations, to be able to understand simple exchanges, deal with with everyday life and start exploring the new culture that opens up to you.Show book
Top 25 Questions You Need to Know Going to Germany and looking to make friends? Don't leave home without the Top 25 German Questions You Need to Know! In this powerful audiobook, you'll master responses to all the basic questions, from "What's your name?" to "Where are you from?" and more. Built into every lesson you'll find opportunities for extensive practice, self-review, and self-evaluation. By the end of the audiobook, you'll not only be answering these questions, but asking them yourself! If you haven't studied German but want to be well prepared for simple social situations, this is the audiobook for you. Why are the audio lessons so effective?Short and to the pointTwenty five 8-minute lessons make them the perfect lengthSyllable-by-syllable breakdown of each word and phrase so that you can say every word and phrase instantlyRepeat after the professional teacher section so that you can practice proper pronunciationQuick cultural tips in each lesson will help you navigate your way even betterAbove all, fun and relaxed approach to grasping a lot of information quickly and easily You see, unlike other audiobooks, we actually teach German and German culture. With each lesson, you will master a frequently asked question in daily conversation, and key vocabulary. This is a complete lesson taught by a professional, bi-lingual teacher! This is NOT a vocabulary audiobook with just words and their translations. These 25 short and effective audio lessons will allow you to:Speak German within minutes of your first lessonUnderstand German culture, customs, and peopleAsk and answer the 25 most frequently asked questionsPerfect your German pronunciation with built in prompts and exercises aimed at getting you speaking Start speaking German now!Show book
For two years now I’ve been regularly blogging about ELT-related issues that have caught my attention. The topics have been loosely organized around the format of an encyclopaedic dictionary I’d published previously, called An A-Z of ELT. Like many things online, the blog has started to become a little unwieldy, especially for new visitors, so I figured it was time to condense some of the issues and some of the questions into a friendlier format, taking a handful of the original entries as my starting point, re-working them a little to take into account the conversations that evolved online, and presenting them in the form of Big Questions. Each Big Question, therefore, has been generated from one of the original blog posts (and I’ve thrown in a couple of new ones for good measure) and each entry is rounded off by a number of subsidiary questions – the offspring, if you like, of the Big Questions. These questions are designed as an aid to reflection (for the individual reader), or, in a training context, as a way of framing a discussion or workshop. In a sense, they are a means of re-activating, and continuing, the online conversations that the original blog posts triggered. And, if you want to see how those conversations evolved, I’ve provided links to the original articles.Show book
“The best book on writing ever published” (Patricia T. O’Conner, author of Woe Is I). When Robert Graves and Alan Hodge decided to collaborate on this manual for writers, the world was in total upheaval. Graves had fled Majorca three years earlier at the start of the Spanish Civil War, and as they labored over their new project, they witnessed the fall of France and the evacuation of Allied forces at Dunkirk. Soon the horror of World War II would reach British soil as well, as the Luftwaffe began bombing London in an effort to destroy the resolve of the English people. Graves and Hodge believed that at a time when their whole world was falling apart, the survival of English prose sentences—of writing that was clear, concise, and intelligible—had become paramount if hope were going to outlive the onslaught. They came up with forty-one principles for writing, the majority devoted to clarity, the remainder to grace of expression. They studied the prose of a wide range of noted authors and leaders, finding much room for improvement. Successful communication could mean the difference between war and peace, life and death, and they were determined to contribute to its survival. The importance of good writing continues today, as obfuscation, propaganda, manipulative language, and sloppy standards are all too common—and this classic guide is just as useful and important as ever. Note: This edition restores the full, original 1943 text. “To see what really expert mavens can do in applying their rule-based expertise to clearing up bad prose, get hold of a copy of The Reader Over Your Shoulder.” —The AtlanticShow book
