TY - BOOK AU - Seely,John TI - Oxford A-Z of grammar and punctuation SN - 9780199669189 AV - PE1097 .S34 2013 U1 - 428.2 SE.O 2013 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - English language KW - Grammar KW - Punctuation N1 - Previous edition: 2009; How this book is arranged -- Introduction to grammar -- Further reading N2 - This work provides the basic information about grammar and punctuation that people need on a day-to-day basis. Arranged A to Z, it contains entries for standard grammatical terms as well as dealing with specific questions of usage; "Readers of all levels will find this excellent guide essential. Including examples of real usage taken from the Oxford Corpus, this handy volume provides clear information about grammar and punctuation that we need on a day-to-day basis in over 300 entries. Arranged alphabetically, it contains entries for standard grammatical terms such as pronoun, synonym, or transitive verb. It also discusses related questions of usage, for example how to distinguish between 'may or might', 'that or which', and 'it's or its'. For ease of use, over 40 feature entries on master headwords like adverb, hyphen, and spelling include diagrams listing related terms"--Publisher description ER -