The broadview book of common errors in English
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The broadview book of common errors in English
Broadview Press, c1993
ELS ed.
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"a comprehensive guide for students at all levels"--Cover
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The ESL edition of Common Errors in English offers a comprehensive survey of the sorts of difficulties second language learners most often experience with English-and provides real help to students in overcoming them. The body of the book is organized according to grammatical categories, covering such topics as Verb Tense difficulties; Word Order Problems; Negation; Gerunds and Direct Objects; Singular and Plural Difficulties; and Direct and Indirect Speech. Included as well is a comprehensive section on usage and meaning, and a list of words commonly misspelled.
The authors take care to avoid the harshly prescriptive; the book is informed throughout by a sympathetic understanding both of the difficulties that face every ESL student and of the particular problems faced by individuals from different linguistic backgrounds as they learn the peculiarities of English grammar and usage. The book includes a generous selection of exercises informed by these principles, and an accompanying answer key.
Common Errors in English: ESL Edition will be an invaluable reference text for second language learners at a wide variety of levels.
Table of Contents
Preface
Verbs
Tenses
Active and Passive
Negatives
Commands
Questions
Dangling Constructives
Irregular Verbs
Ommision of Verbs
Indirect Speech
Nouns
Gender
Articles
Plurals
Pronouns
Other Parts of Speech
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Phrasal Verbs
Conjunctions
Negation
Word Order
Usage and Meaning
Homonyms
Other Easily Confused Words
Confusing Adjectives
Interchangeable Adjectives
Problems with Usage
Affixes
Two words or one?
Infinitives, Gerunds, and Direct Objects
Capitalization
Spelling
Spelling and Sound
Punctuation
The Period
The Comma
The Question Mark
The Exclamation Mark
The Semi-Colon
The Colon
The Dash
Parentheses
The Apostrophe
Specific Language Difficulties
The Problems of English Problems of specific languages and language groups
Language and Gender
Exercises
Part I: Exercises on specific grammatical pointsPart II: General Diagnostic and Language Specific Exercises
Answer Key to Exercises
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