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McCarthy's field guide to grammar : natural English usage and style / Professor Michael McCarthy ; illustrations by Jake Tebbit.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
428.2 MCCA	Adult Non Fiction		Riverwood .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781529393514 (hardback)
Name	McCarthy, Michael, 1947- author.
Title	McCarthy's field guide to grammar : natural English usage and style / Professor Michael McCarthy ; illustrations by Jake Tebbit.
Published	London : Chambers, 2021.
Published	©2021
Description	xi, 207 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Notes	First published under the title 'Grammar and usage: questions answered.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Remember all those grammar rules from school? No? Most of us don't. Mike McCarthy, renowned corpus linguist and co-author of the 900-page Cambridge Grammar of English answers the awkward questions that regularly bother us about English grammar. In this helpful A-Z field guide, McCarthy tells us what the conventional rules are as well as shows us what people are writing or saying now and gives simple reasons why you might choose one or the other so that you can speak and write with confidence.
Subjects	English language -- Grammar
Subjects	English language -- Usage
Other Names	Tebbit, Jake illustrator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: English language -- Grammar . English language -- Usage . Authors: McCarthy, Michael, 1947- . Tebbit, Jake .