Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 21,23 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780877796220
Revised edition of Webster's standard American style manual, 1985.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher :
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 40,18 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage based on the critically acclaimed Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. Over 2,000 entries explain the background and basis of usage controversies and offer expert advice and recommendations.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Literature
ISBN : 9780877790426
Describes authors, works, and literary terms from all eras and all parts of the world.
Author : Noah Webster
Publisher :
Page : 1122 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release : 1841
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher :
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 2004
Category : American literature
ISBN :
This comprehensive volume serves as a lively guide to our literary tradition. Each entry is written in clear, concise, yet engaging style that makes this book the perfect reference for both students and lovers of American literature.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 38,71 MB
Release : 2004
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9780760755440
A guide to America's literary tradition. Over 16,000 articles on writers, literary works, movements, and influential periodicals. More than 170 black-and-white photographs. The companion volume to C-Span's series American Writers: A Journey Through History Annotation. A guide to the writers, literary works, and movements that have shaped America's literary tradition. Spanning almost 400 years, some 1,600 entries offer profiles of about 1,000 writers, synopses of some 500 literary works, and descriptions of about 75 groups, movements, and periodicals. Entries on writers give significant biographical details and descriptions of the author's career and most important works. Authors profiled include novelists, poets, essayists, and dramatists. Many entries include a b & w photo of the author. Material is easily accessible for all levels of readers high school and up. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Perfect for browsing or study, this book is a fascinating guide to America's greatest writers beginning in the early 1600s and continuing through contemporary authors. The dictionary is the official companion to the C-SPAN series "American Writers: A Journey Through History". 150+ photos
Author : Merriam-Webster
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 2022-05
Category :
ISBN : 9780877790952
New edition! A handy, reliable, and authoritative dictionary of words most frequently used in Englis. More than 75,000 definitions, 2,000 new word entries, and more than 150 illustrations. Expanded special features include a Handbook of Style, Basic English Grammar, Irregular English Verbs and a Guid eto Common Verb Collocations (both essential for ESL), and a new Overview of the Internet.
Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : LANGUAGE WORLD
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,86 MB
Release : 2008
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780877795506
Designed to help advance students master spoken and written English as it is actually used, this groundbreaking new dictionary provides in-depth and up-to-date coverage of basic English vocabulary, grammar, and usage. Outstanding features include nearly 100,000 words and phrases, more than 160,000 usage examples, more than 22,000 idioms, verbal collocations, and commonly used phrases, and more than 1,000 original drawings--including 16 pages of full color art. Abundant supplemental information includes 25 pages of grammar.
Author : Elizabeth Webber
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 12,26 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780877796282
A guide to references commonly used in speech and writing. Explains more than 900 allusions. Entries include examples from todays leading media. A must for serious readers, language lovers, and ESL students.
Author :
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,2 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780547857855
Presents a dictionary for college and advanced high school students which in addition to word definitions also includes a punctuation and style guide, notes on word origins, and a gazetteer of countries, states, and capitals.
