Good Word Guide : The Fast Way to Correct English - Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar and Usage

As new words flood into conversations, presentations, e-mail correspondence and websites, ever more questions are generated as to how to speak and write correctly. This fully updated edition of the bestselling Good Word Guide offers information and advice on punctuation, pronunciation, spelling and grammar, and provides quick answers to everyday language problems. Our language is changing faster than ever before, thanks to theinfluence of the media, e-mail, the Internet and text messaging. Moderncommunications are breaking down distinctions between formal andinformal English, raising ever more questions as to how to speak andwrite correctly. This fully updated edition of the bestselling Good Word Guide offers information and advice on spelling, grammar, punctuation, pronunciation, confusables and the latest buzzwords, and provides clear, straightforward answers to everyday language problems.With a foreword by Martin Cutts, Research Director, Plain Language Commission.'In every sense, a good word guide'Times Educational Supplement'This intelligent guide is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all readers and writers'Good Book Guide The English language continues to change, and new usage can be problematic. With this edition of the 'Good Word Guide', editor Martin Manser provides practical guidance and accessible information