The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English

By American Heritage

Book Overview

For the first time, the editors of the acclaimed American Heritage(R) Dictionary have applied their efforts to word usage as its own subject. The result is this practical guide that includes chapters... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395767857
• ISBN13: 9780395767856
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Thin Volume Fills Gaps

Though not as extensive - or as scholarly - as Merriam Webster's "English Usage Dictionary," this little book has often helped me explain thorny contemporary usage problems to my advanced ESL students. For example, a student came to me with the lyrics "Hadn't a been for..." and asked me to explain the usage of "hadn't have." None of my other books addressed this issue. (If you're not sure, see page 39.)

Good grammer book

This is a good grammer book for anyone who like to read or write in english. There are rules which should be followed. However, this one don't work good for students.