Mind Your English Language

The average English speaker knows countless words-almost 25 times more than there are stars visible in the night sky. this book, MIND YOUR ENGLISH LANGUAGe uncovers the often surprising mistakes that one commits while speaking and writing. In over hundreds of entries, the book reveals the COMMON ERRORS that are not at all'uncommon' in usage. The sentences are simple but the errors are glaring. The purpose of this bookis to uncover such mistakes. The aim of this book is to bring out and make explicit these sorts of errors that we seem to make when we speak and write. Written in clear and informative style, MIND YOUR ENGLISH Language shows how English today has developed yet a staggering number of common errors are intermingled in the usage. This is a book mean for one and all-students, professionals, journalist, writers, public speakes, publishers and one who walks the talk!
About Author :
Terry O'Brien is a writer, broadcaster, media consultant, quiz master and academician. Having taught English for three decades, he has collected these errors from the classroom to the newsroom. He now writes columns such as "English My Cup of Tea" in a ntional Hindi daily Amar Ujala in India and on the nuances of the English Language in international papers such as Yemen Times.
Contents :
Preface PART I: REMEDYING GENERAL ERRORS Errors in the Choice of Words Common Errors Some More Errors PART II: GRAMMAR AND USAGE ERRORS Some Misleading Parts of Speech Awkward Use of Articles and Tenses Useful Idioms Words Easily Confused