Practical English Usage

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How do I explain articles to my students?Big, large or Great?When do we use a past tense with a future meaning?How do I read out an email adress on the telephone?Haven't you see my glasses anywhere?why doesn't this sound right?AID CUTS ROW' What do newpaper headlines mean?With over one and a half a million copies sold worldwide, practical English Usage is the indispensable reference book on language problems in English for teachers and higher-level learners.- Over 600 entries - listed alphabetically - cover all the important problems- Information on grammar, vocabulary, idiom, style, pronunciation, spelling- Clear simple explanations- Examples of everyday usage and common mistakes- British-American differencesNew in the 3rd edition- Updated entries and examples based on corpus data and users' comments- Explanations even clearer and more focused- New contents list and improved index for easier, faster reference- Many new topics, inclusing emails, standard English and dialects, correctness, politeness, differences between spoken and written english, changes in English- Don't say it! section - 130 common mistakes in English and how to avoid them.Didáticos / Técnico / Línguas Estrangeiras