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British or American English? : a handbook of word and grammar patterns

Loại tài liệu: Tài liệu số - Book

Thông tin trách nhiệm: Algeo, John

Nhà Xuất Bản: Cambridge University Press

Năm Xuất Bản: 2006

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Tóm tắt

Speakers of British and American English display some striking differences in their use of grammar. In this detailed survey, John Algeo considers questions such as: Who lives on a street, and who lives in a street? Who takes a bath, and who has a bath? Who says Neither do I, and who says Nor do I? After 'thank you', who says Not at all and who says You're welcome? Whose team are on the ball, and whose team isn't? Containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, collected over the past twenty years, this is a clear and highly organized guide to the differences - and the similarities - between the grammar of British and American speakers. Written for those with no prior knowledge of linguistics, it shows how these grammatical differences are linked mainly to particular words, and provides an accessible account of contemporary English in use.

Ngôn ngữ:	en
Thông tin trách nhiệm:	Algeo, John
Thông tin nhan đề:	British or American English? : a handbook of word and grammar patterns
Nhà Xuất Bản:	Cambridge University Press
Loại hình:	Book
Mô tả vật lý:	362 p.
Năm Xuất Bản:	2006