Author: VirgilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The Æneid, ... with English Notes, by C. Anthon ... Edited by J. R. Major. Lat
Author: VirgilThe Æneid ... with English Notes, by C. Anthon ... Adapted for Use in English Schools by ... F. Metcalfe. Lat
Author: VirgilThe Greek Testament with English Notes, Critical Philological, and Exegetical
Author: Samuel Thomas BloomfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Sophokleous Aias. The Ajax of Sophocles. With short English notes for the use of schools
Author: SophoclesSex. Aurelii Propertii Carmina. The Elegies of Propertius with English notes by F. A. Paley
Author: Sextus PropertiusThe Germany and Agricola of Tacitus. With English Notes. By ... J. T. White
Author: Cornelius TacitusSelections from Ovid: Amores, Tristia, Heroïdes, Metamorphoses. With English notes. By ... A. J. Macleane
Author: OvidCertayne Notes of Instruction in English Verse
Author: George GascoignePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Dreyer's English
Author: Benjamin DreyerPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0812995716
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • Paste • Shelf Awareness “Essential (and delightful!)”—People We all write, all the time: books, blogs, emails. Lots and lots of emails. And we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help. As Random House’s copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike—not to mention his followers on social media—for deconstructing the English language with playful erudition. Now he distills everything he has learned from the myriad books he has copyedited and overseen into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward. As authoritative as it is amusing, Dreyer’s English offers lessons on punctuation, from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en dash; the rules and nonrules of grammar, including why it’s OK to begin a sentence with “And” or “But” and to confidently split an infinitive; and why it’s best to avoid the doldrums of the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers, including “very,” “rather,” “of course,” and the dreaded “actually.” Dreyer will let you know whether “alright” is all right (sometimes) and even help you brush up on your spelling—though, as he notes, “The problem with mnemonic devices is that I can never remember them.” And yes: “Only godless savages eschew the series comma.” Chockful of advice, insider wisdom, and fun facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to everyone who wants to shore up their writing skills, mandatory for people who spend their time editing and shaping other people’s prose, and—perhaps best of all—an utter treat for anyone who simply revels in language. Praise for Dreyer’s English “Playful, smart, self-conscious, and personal . . . One encounters wisdom and good sense on nearly every page of Dreyer’s English.”—The Wall Street Journal “Destined to become a classic.”—The Millions “Dreyer can help you . . . with tips on punctuation and spelling. . . . Even better: He’ll entertain you while he’s at it.”—Newsday
If Only They Didn't Speak English
Author: Jon SopelPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 147353075X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
'You see, if only they didn’t speak English in America, then we’d treat it as a foreign country – and probably understand it a lot better’ ‘the sanest man in America’ – Bill Bryson ‘Jon Sopel nails it’ – Emily Maitlis **With a brand new chapter, charting Trump's first year in power** As the BBC’s North America Editor, Jon Sopel has had a pretty busy time of it lately. In the time it’s taken for a reality star to go from laughing stock to leader of the free world, Jon has travelled the length and breadth of the United States, experiencing it from a perspective that most of us could only dream of: he has flown aboard Air Force One, interviewed President Obama and has even been described as ‘a beauty’ by none other than Donald Trump. Through music, film, literature, TV and even through the food we eat and the clothes that we wear we all have a highly developed sense of what America is and through our shared, tangled history we claim a special relationship. But America today feels about as alien a country as you could imagine. It is fearful, angry and impatient for change. In this fascinating, insightful portrait of American life and politics, Jon Sopel sets out to answer our questions about a country that once stood for the grandest of dreams, but which is now mired in a storm of political extremism, racial division and increasingly perverse beliefs.