British or American English? : a handbook of word and grammar patterns / John Algeo.
"Containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, collected over the past twenty years, this is a clear and highly organized guide to the differences - and the similarities - in the grammar of British and American speakers. Written for those with no prior kn...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Studies in English language.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, collected over the past twenty years, this is a clear and highly organized guide to the differences - and the similarities - in the grammar of British and American speakers. Written for those with no prior knowledge of linguistics, it shows how these grammatical differences are linked mainly to particular words, and provides an accessible account of contemporary English as it is actually used."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 348 pages). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511240910 9780511240911 0511241437 9780511241437 0511242069 9780511242069 0511607245 9780511607240 1280567783 9781280567780 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511607240 |