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Book Synopsis Modern Australian Usage by : Nicholas Hudson
Download or read book Modern Australian Usage written by Nicholas Hudson and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Q: Why have a guide to using language when you can look it up on the internet? A: Because you often can't find a clear or reliable answer. However, Nicholas Hudson's wonderfully comprehensive and practical compendium on the English language will tell you what you need to know. Should you use 'lay' or 'lie'? How do you use a semicolon correctly? What's a willy-willy? The difference between a town and a city, or a boat and a ship? In his witty and pithy entries, Nicholas Hudson identifies commonly confused terms. He explains how to use the key elements of English grammar and punctuation to convey the meaning you intend. He highlights distinctively Australian usage and terms, and covers the impact of digital technologies on writing and publishing. Modern Australian Usage should be on the desk of every writer who wants to expand their understanding of our rich and frustrating language. 'A comprehensive usage guide based on great knowledge, experience and love of language... immensely readable...' - Susan Butler, The Editor, Macquarie Dictionary 'Insightful and original observations on Australian usage: an essential read for all lovers of language.' - Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
Book Synopsis Modern Australian Usage by : Nicholas Hudson
Download or read book Modern Australian Usage written by Nicholas Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From grammar to punctuation to terms that are commonly confused, this is an essential general reference that should be on every writer's desk.
Book Synopsis Modern Australian Usage by : Nicholas Hudson
Download or read book Modern Australian Usage written by Nicholas Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-25 with total page 987 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Q: Why have a guide to using language when you can look it up on the internet? A: Because you often can't find a clear or reliable answer. However, Nicholas Hudson's wonderfully comprehensive and practical compendium on the English language will tell you what you need to know. Should you use 'lay' or 'lie'? How do you use a semicolon correctly? What's a willy - willy? The difference between a town and a city, or a boat and a ship? In his witty and pithy entries, Nicholas Hudson identifies commonly confused terms. He explains how to use the key elements of English grammar and punctuation to convey the meaning you intend. He highlights distinctively Australian usage and terms, and covers the impact of digital technologies on writing and publishing. Modern Australian Usage should be on the desk of every writer who wants to expand their understanding of our rich and frustrating language. 'A comprehensive usage guide based on great knowledge, experience and love of language... immensely readable...' - Susan Butler, The Editor, Macquarie Dictionary 'Insightful and original observations on Australian usage: an essential read for all lovers of language.' - Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage by : Pam Peters
Download or read book The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage written by Pam Peters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 907 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage is an up-to-date, evidence-based account of the variable points in Australian usage and style, in alphabetical format. Its description of Australian English uses a wealth of primary sources (linguistic corpora; the internet; public surveys of usage, conducted through Australian Style) as well as the latest editions of English dictionaries, style manuals and grammars. With all this input the Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage provides in-depth coverage of the currency of alternative usages in spelling, punctuation and word choice in Australia, while showing the influence of British and American English here as well. This book is designed for everyone who writes and edits documents and non-fiction texts, for print or electronic delivery. Tertiary students and staff will get plenty of help from it, as well as professional editors who work with manuscripts of many different authors and commissions from multiple publishers.
Book Synopsis Modern Australian Usage by : Nicholas Hudson
Download or read book Modern Australian Usage written by Nicholas Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Australian Usage is a book of questions and answers, but not necessarily in matching pairs. Even when cut-and-dried answers are not possible, Nick Hudson offers clarification on a range of contentious issues and new angles on debates that will long continue to rage. In addition to practical guidance on how to ensure that readers always (or nearly always) say what they mean, the book also includes information on such topics as copyright, word processing, printing and the role of publishers and editors.
Book Synopsis Modern Legal Drafting by : Peter Butt
Download or read book Modern Legal Drafting written by Peter Butt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-23 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second edition of this highly regarded text, the authors show how and why traditional legal language has developed the peculiar characteristics that make legal documents inaccessible to the end users. Incorporating recent research and case law, the book provides a critical examination of case law and the rules of interpretation. Detailed case studies illustrate how obtuse or outdated words, phrases and concepts can be rewritten, reworked or removed altogether. Particularly useful is the step-by-step guide to drafting in the modern style, using examples from four types of common legal documents: leases, company constitutions, wills and conveyances. Readers will gain an appreciation of the historical influences on drafting practice and the use of legal terminology. They will learn about the current moves to reform legal language, and receive clear instruction on how to make their writing clearer and their legal documents more useful.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide by : Pam Peters
Download or read book The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide written by Pam Peters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-02 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian English is unique; having absorbed elements of British and American English, it has developed its own distinctive style. The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide is both an assessment of the current state of Australian English and a guide to its style and usage. It is full of interesting information about why certain preferences are coming into use and, without being prescriptive, will give users all the information they need to make an appropriate choice. With more than 2500 alphabetical entries and a range of diagrams, this book will make life easier for anyone who deals with written language.
Book Synopsis The Penguin Working Words by : Barrie Hughes
Download or read book The Penguin Working Words written by Barrie Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A to Z guide to the effective and correct usage of words employed on a regular basis in Australia. Considers many aspects of word usage, including style and expression, difficult spellings, punctuation, pronunciation, tautologies, clich}s and abbreviations. Acronyms, ranks and honorifics are also listed. The editor is a professional writer, and the consultants include Phillip Adams, Max Harris, Stephen Knight and Leonie Kramer.
Download or read book Legal Usage written by Peter Butt and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Right Words by : Stephen Murray-Smith
Download or read book Right Words written by Stephen Murray-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Australian Modern Oxford Dictionary by : Australian National Dictionary Centre
Download or read book Australian Modern Oxford Dictionary written by Australian National Dictionary Centre and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 943 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of the Australian Modern Oxford Dictionary includes many new words and meanings, including many from the realms of sport, health, society, the environment and electronic communication. All Australian words and meanings are labelled with an Aust marker. The definitions are straightforward with guidance provided where word usage is controversial. Up to date encyclopaedic entries for the names of famous people, places,events, and institutions are provided. The Australian Modern Oxford Dictionary features a vinyl cover for durability and colour headwords for ease of usage.
Book Synopsis The Australian Guide to English Usage for Australian Students by :
Download or read book The Australian Guide to English Usage for Australian Students written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Survey of Modern English by : Stephan Gramley
Download or read book A Survey of Modern English written by Stephan Gramley and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and systematic review of modern English presents a description of both the linguistic structure of present-day English and its geographical, social, gender and ethnic variations.
Book Synopsis Garner's Modern English Usage by : Bryan A. Garner
Download or read book Garner's Modern English Usage written by Bryan A. Garner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most original and authoritative voice of today's English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionary When Bryan Garner published the first edition of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage in 1999, the book quickly became one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language. After four previous editions and over twenty years, our language has evolved in many ways, and the powerful tool of big data has revolutionized lexicography. This extensively revised new edition fully captures these changes, featuring a thousand new entries and over two hundred replacement entries, thoroughly updated usage data and ratios on word frequency based on the Google Ngram Viewer, a more balanced coverage of World Englishes, not just American and British, and the inclusion of gender-neutral language. However, one thing has not changed: in no sense is this a regular dictionary but a masterpiece of lexicography written with wit and personality by one of the preeminent authorities on the English language. To put it in David Foster Wallace's words, Garner's discussion of rhetoric and style still borders on genius. From the (lost) battle between self-deprecating and self-depreciating to the misuse of it's for its, from the variant spelling patty-cake taking over pat-a-cake in American English to the singular uses of they, Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary and the linguistic blunders to which modern writers and speakers are prone, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. His empirical approach liberates English from two extremes: from the purists who maintain that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The purpose of Garner's dictionary is to help writers, editors, and speakers use the language effectively. And it does so in a playful and persuasive way that will help you sound grammatical but relaxed, refined but natural, correct but unpedantic.
Book Synopsis Contemporary Australian Literature by : Nicholas Birns
Download or read book Contemporary Australian Literature written by Nicholas Birns and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia has been seen as a land of both punishment and refuge. Australian literature has explored these controlling alternatives, and vividly rendered the landscape on which they transpire. Twentieth-century writers left Australia to see the world; now Australia’s distance no longer provides sanctuary. But today the global perspective has arrived with a vengeance. In Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead, Nicholas Birns tells the story of how novelists, poets and critics, from Patrick White to Hannah Kent, from Alexis Wright to Christos Tsiolkas, responded to this condition. With rancour, concern and idealism, modern Australian literature conveys a tragic sense of the past yet an abiding vision of the way forward. Birns paints a vivid picture of a rich Australian literary voice – one not lost to the churning of global markets, but in fact given new life by it. Contrary to the despairing of the critics, Australian literary identity continues to flourish. And as Birns finds, it is not one thing, but many. "In this remarkable, bold and fearless book, Nicholas Birns contests how literary cultures are read, how they are constituted and what they stand for … In examining the nature of the barriers between public and private utterance, and looking outside the absurdity of the rules of genre, Birns has produced a redemptive analysis that leaves hope for revivifying a world not yet dead." - John Kinsella
Book Synopsis The Australian Modern Oxford Dictionary by : Frederick Ludowyk
Download or read book The Australian Modern Oxford Dictionary written by Frederick Ludowyk and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring durable flexi covers, this dictionary is compact and easy to use, and features a wide range of helpful encyclopedic information.
Book Synopsis English in Australia by : David Blair
Download or read book English in Australia written by David Blair and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection fills a ten-year gap in studies on the nature of Australian English, and it is the first to deal exclusively with varieties of English on the Australian continent. The book contains chapters on the phonology, morphology, syntax and the lexicon of the dialect, and chapters on variation within the dialect that include Aboriginal and ethnic varieties as well as regional and generational differences with a focus on questions of Australian identity and intercultural relations. With selected contributions by Australia's leading linguists this volume records the most recent developments in the study of English within Australia.
