内容简介
Thisuniquereferenceguideaddressesproblempointsinthelanguageasencounteredbylearnersandtheirteachers.Itgivesinformationandadvicethatispractical,clear,reliable,andeasytofind.Mostofthebookisaboutgrammar,butitalsocoversselectedpointsofvocabulary,idioms,style,pronunciation,andspelling.·Explanationsandexamplesbasedoncurrentcorpusresearch.·Entrieson"kindsofEnglish,"coveringstandardEnglishanddialects,correctness,spokenandwrittenEnglish,formality,andvariationandchange.
作者简介
MichaelSwanisawriterspecializinginEnglishLanguageteachingandreferencematerials.HismanypublicationsincludePracticalEnglishUsage(OUP),theCambridgeEnglishCourseseries(withCatherineWalter),and,alsowithCatherineWalter,thenewOxfordEnglishGrammarCourse.Michael’sinterestsincludepedagogicgrammar,mother-tongueinfluenceinsecondlanguageacquisition,andtherelationshipbetweenappliedlinguistictheoryandclassroomlanguage-teachingpractice.Hehashadextensiveexperiencewithadultlearners,andhasworkedwithteachersinmanycountries.