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Practical English Usage is a major new reference guide for intermediate and advanced students of English (of all nationalities) and their teachers. It contains short clear articles on all the grammatical problems which regularly cause difficulty to foreign learners. In addition, it deals with selected points of vocabulary, idiom, style, pronunciation and spelling. The main..more
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Published January 1st 2001 by Cornelsen & Oxford University Press (first published January 1st 1981)
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Sep 04, 2014♥ Ibrahim ♥ rated it it was amazing
The book almost reads your mind and anticipates a lot of the common error students fall into. It is a book that I read with great relish, not because I am ever going to be tested but because it is important to perfect what we already have got. I enjoy the examples he provides and I love his sense of humor in those examples. This is supposedly to be a grammar/ style type of a book, boring. But not this book. This book is addictive! I read it with great addiction.
Jan 31, 2012Tracey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
My bible. ESL teacher for 12 yrs and this is my go-to reference book. Not very student-friendly though. Definitely a teacher resource. For student resources, Murphy's Grammar in Use is a godsend.
Oct 21, 2007P.J. Moore rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
An English Teacher's Bible
کتابی جامع و کامل که شامل گرامر در سطح پیشرفته، نکات مهم و تمامی استثنائات رایج در استفاده از کلمات و افعال و اصطلاحات زبان انگلیسی می باشد. برای افرادی که در زمینه تدریس زبان انگلیسی هستند و یا در رشته های زبان انگلیسی تحصیل می کنند، به عنوان یکی از مراجع مهم کاملا کاربردی است. برای من مطالب این کتاب بسیار مفید و جالب است. البته برای کسانی که فقط علاقه به انگلیسی دارند و در شرف یادگیری هستند، باید بگم که این کتاب بیشتر به عنوان رفرنس هست .
Dec 02, 2018Quiver rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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A most useful trove of practical advice.
My only quibble is that there are no page numbers. Instead, you are forced to use the section numbers for reference, and sections can be anything between a paragraph and couple of pages long. The difference shouldn't matter much, but it takes a bit of getting used to. Settlers 3 gold edition spolszczenie.
'Practical English Usage' is probably the first book I read about English language grammar and structure. Now it is one of the main sources I use for teaching English. The book is very useful and quite detailed. I first read it when I was a school student, and it really helped me learn more about the nuances of English. Luckily when I went to college, I found an updated edition in the library at my university. Swan answers a lot of questions English non-native speakers have (particularly in area..more
Dec 20, 2010Miquixote rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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The best there is for detailed, yet quick, practical checks on grammar points. A life-saver for a teacher not sure about certain grammar points.
Oct 17, 2016Lingo rated it it was ok
Widely held to be the 'Bible' of English Language Teaching, Swan's book is useful as a reference but not the be-all-and-end-all that many people assume. This is because it doesn't treat grammar as a meaning-making resource but rather a set of prescriptive rules that do not necessarily reflect real language in use. I would recommend Lock's 'Functional English Grammar for Language Teachers' over this book any day. However, one thing I like about Swan's book is its dictionary-style index, making it..more
Nov 22, 2017Bibhuti Bhusan rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I would have rated it 5 stars. But Iam going with 4 because, it's lack of any exercise. Although, it's for advanced students, it's not meant to be use as a practice book, even it's not to be used as a daily study material. Rather, it's like a bible or you can say a 'Dictionary for Grammar'. You should have a copy of this and refer to it whenever you have any query. You'll find every answer to your grammar related question. *Note* don't bother to purchase it if you are just starting, I would rath..more
Feb 26, 2008Eastofoz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
This book is very easy to understand. You do not need a degree in linguistics to make sense of it. It's very thorough, with clear examples and an excellent reference book overall.
very useful for English language teachers and people who are interested in Grammar. It is my reference and I will keep it in my library forever.
Aug 03, 2011Bro rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Not a book you read through, but if you are teaching the whys of English it is a necessity!
Sep 23, 2018Masoud rated it it was amazing
This book is an excellent and MUST READ reference for upper intermediate and advanced readers of English. The logical correlations between grammatical problems are very user friendly and sometime drown you in a lot of examples you didn’t think that you may have misunderstood them.
Nov 24, 2018Ahmed Atif Abrar rated it really liked it
Looked for its fourth edition crazily here in Bangladesh, but found nowhere. Free download winning eleven for window 7. Why's distribution been not that much international! A good book for learning if you're not a noob.
Apr 25, 2019Royal's Amazings rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This is the only book..I've found utterly functional, but only for advanced English learners..👍
Jul 13, 2018Rui rated it it was amazing
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My favourite English grammar reference. Written by a British writer, it's mainly about British English.
Mar 25, 2017Alex rated it it was amazing
A very useful and complete reference. Includes basic usage plus a lot of idiosyncrasies.
Nov 30, 2018Julianne Will rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I don't know if you ever really 'read' a reference book like this, but it was invaluable during my CELTA studies last summer and continues to be very useful.
Feb 25, 2017David 23 rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Feb 19, 2017Josef rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
An excellent book about English grammar.
Jun 08, 2013Matthew rated it really liked it
An absolute MUST for ESL teachers. When you first start out [as a native speaker] you'll need it for all of those grammar questions you can give an answer for, but are stumped for a reason why. Students always want to know grammar rules. Overtime you'll build up your knowledge and this is a great book to help you do that. It isn't limited to gramar, there are also sections on easily confused words, spelling, formats, BrEn / AmEn differences, etc. It'll also come in handy if you take the CELTA co..more
You don't really have to slog through all the rules of grammar to get better at English. An alternative is to follow the intuitive approach: to learn English grammar through usage and examples. 'Practical English Usage' helps you achieve just that. It has an A to Z listing, detailing the usage of all the parts of speech and many misused words or clauses.
Should you buy one book on English grammar and usage, this would be it. 5 stars.
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Practical English Usage contains many examples of common mistakes about English grammar. It surely is a treasure to people who treat English as a second language and non-English speakers. It explains to me the reason why I speak English in this way but not the other way around by showing plenty cases.
Jan 23, 2014Behrang Bootaki rated it it was amazing
This book is one of the most practical grammars which I've read. In other word it's a dictionary of English grammar, which organized in alphabetical order making it easy to search and find the intended grammatical problem.
Generally, I advise this book to everybody wants to refer his/her problems during the time.
Jul 20, 2015Mohammed Alzahrani rated it it was amazing
كتاب لازم يكون عندك مهما كان مستواك باللغة الإنجليزية إذا لم تكن هي لغتك الأم.
حتى لو تتوقع أنك تعرف كل القواعد بتلقى معلومات حلوة عن أي التركيبات أنسب و ألبق في مناسبة ما، و هذا شيء صعب تلقاه و صعب تحس فيه دامها ليست اللغة الأم.
كتاب مهم جداً و بعكس كتب القواعد هذا ممتع في القراءة بعد.
The Best Grammar Book!
Jan 26, 2016Bülent Özgün rated it it was amazing
En iyi İngilizce dilbilgisi kitabı. Sözlüğe benzer bir işleyişi vardır: Konu ve kavramlar alfabetik olarak dizilmiştir ve bkz'larla daha ayrıntılı bilgiye ulaşılır. İstisnai örnekleri bile barındırması baş tacı olması için en büyük nedendir. Muhteşemdir.
May 08, 2013Saadullah Rekani rated it it was amazing
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Great resource for the language teacher or student.
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Michael Swan is a writer specializing in English Language teaching and reference materials. His many publications include Practical English Usage (OUP), the Cambridge English Course series (with Catherine Walter), and, also with Catherine Walter, the new Oxford English Grammar Course. Michael’s interests include pedagogic grammar, mother-tongue influence in second language acquisition, and the rel..more