Good Word Guide: The fast way to correct English - spelling, punctuation, grammar and usage

by Martin H. Manser

Our language is changing faster than ever before, thanks to the influence of the media, e-mail, the Internet and text messaging. Modern communications are breaking down distinctions between formal and informal English, raising ever more questions as to how to speak and write correctly.

This fully updated edition of the bestselling Good Word Guide offers information and advice on spelling, grammar, punctuation, pronunciation, confusables and the latest buzzwords, and provides clear, straightforward answers to everyday language problems.

With a foreword by Martin Cutts, Research Director, Plain Language Commission.

’In every sense, a good word guide’ Times Educational Supplement

’This intelligent guide is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all readers and writers’ Good Book Guide

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Language

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Martin Manser is a professional reference-book editor. Since 1980 he has compiled or edited nearly 200 reference books. He has also compiled and edited many titles that encourage Bible reading.