English Grammar

Splendiferous Speech explores the main sources of the American vernacular - the expanding western frontier, the bumptious world of politics, and the sensation-filled pages of popular 19th-century newspapers. It's a process that started with the earliest English colonists (first word adoption - the Algonquian raccoon) and is still going strong today. Author Rosemarie Ostler takes listeners along on the journey as Americans learn to declare linguistic independence and embrace their own brand of speech.

Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the listener on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.

In this beginner-level Audiobook, you will master over 25 common sentence patterns across 25 simple lessons. By the end, you'll be able to ask common questions and answer them in your own way, all while acquiring over 100 Norwegian words.

Learn Korean Grammar: 25 Sentence Patterns for Beginners by KoreanClass101 is designed for beginner-level learners. You'll learn the top 25 beginner-level sentence patterns that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Korean teachers.

For word nerds and grammar geeks, a witty guide to the most commonly mispronounced words, along with their correct pronunciations and pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and histories of use and misuse.

The Art of Writing is Yang's highly practical treatise on the four key principles of dazzling, effective writing - economy, transparency, variety, and harmony. Far from your garden-variety style guide, the principles in this audiobook apply to everyone, whether you're writing an inauguration speech or a letter home to Mom.

Este audio aborda el estudio de los verbos compuestos a través de las preposiciones. ¡El secreto está en la preposición!

Learn Conversational Swahili Vol. 2 is an audio course for beginners or for anyone who struggles with becoming fluent in Swahili. The focus of this course is to practice speaking conversational Swahili from the very first lesson. Each lesson contains useful everyday phrases related to a specific topic. Based on techniques and strategies that make language learners succeed.

You want to come to Quebec and live a captivating experience. Whether it's for one of the 500 festivals, whether you want to participate in the Grand Prix Cyclist or simply visit Quebec City, one of the oldest cities in North America, all the reasons are good to come.

The English language that is spoken by one billion people around the world is a linguistic mongrel, its vocabulary a diverse mix resulting from centuries of borrowing from other tongues. From the Celtic languages of pre-Roman Britain to Norman French; from the Vikings' Old Scandinavian to Persian, Sanskrit, Algonquian, Cantonese and Hawaiian – amongst a host of others – we have enriched our modern language with such words as tulip, slogan, doolally, avocado, moccasin, ketchup and ukulele.

Are you worried about your English skills? Do you want to sound like a native speaker each time you open your mouth? Overcoming your accent and mastering the vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation can be challenging, depending on your native tongue. Listening and practicing vocally are the best ways to perfect new language skills, regardless of your current level.

Möchtest Du die Grammatik so gut beherrschen, um fehlerfrei Englisch sprechen und schreiben zu können? Dann lerne mit dem Kurs "Englisch Grammar Master", der Dich stufenweise in die wichtigsten Zeitformen und die für eine reibungslose Verständigung in der englischen Sprache nötigen grammatischen Formen einführt. Warum gerade der Kurs "Englisch Grammar Master: Grammar Tenses"? Die Kenntnis der grammatischen Regeln allein reicht nicht aus, um den Sprechstil zu verbessern. Wichtig ist viel mehr, die Unterschiede beim Gebrauch der einzelnen Zeitformen zu kennen und zu wissen, in welchen Situationen die jeweilige Form Anwendung findet.

We've created this audiobook to help children with spelling, grammar, and spelling bee preparedness. This book provides 16 weeks of 4 days of practice with a 5th day to see what they have learned. It is important to acknowledge any improvement they have made no matter how big their win. I am sure this goes without saying as we all have known children who excel in spelling naturally and those that have to really put in the time to make progress like I did.

Communicating in Written English: A Guide to Prepare for College Level Reading and Writing bridges the gap for students who are starting their first year in college after many years absent from the classroom. This easy guide provides tips for reading analysis, sentence structure, punctuation, writing composition, essay construction, common mistakes made by freshman college students, and general advice for your freshman composition course. This is the perfect jumpstart to ensure your readiness for English 101.

This is audiobook four of the Life Mastery course: Grammar. The topics include the importance of good grammar and 50 of the most common grammar mistakes and how to avoid them.

Surprising, entertaining, and illuminating, this is a must-listen for armchair travelers and word nerds. Our dictionaries are full of hidden histories, tales, and adventures from all over the world - if you know where to look.

Are you worried about your English skills? Do you want to sound like a native speaker each time you open your mouth? Overcoming your accent, mastering the vocabulary, the grammar and the pronunciation can be challenging, depending on your native tongue.

Chcesz tak opanować gramatykę, aby poprawnie rozmawiać i pisać po angielsku? Ucz się z kursem "Angielski Grammar Master: Grammar Tenses+ Grammar Practice", który stopniowo uczy wszystkich najważniejszych czasów i form gramatycznych niezbędnych do poprawnego porozumiewania się w języku angielskim na poziomie średnio zaawansowanym i zaawansowanym. Dlaczego warto wybrać kurs "Angielski Grammar Master: Grammar Practice"? Aby udoskonalić swój styl wypowiedzi, nie wystarczy poznać zasady gramatyczne. Ważne jest, aby rozumieć różnice w użyciu czasów i wiedzieć, w jakich sytuacjach zastosować daną formę.

Si estás buscando una nueva forma para enfrentarte a los ejercicios de inglés con toda la teoría gramatical y vocabulario incluidos en un mismo sitio, este es tu audio. Este segundo volumen explica y ofrece una cantidad sustancial de ejercicios orales en cada punto gramatical hasta el nivel avanzado.

Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the audiobook chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases, including decimate, hopefully, enormity, that vs. which, enervate vs. energize, bemuse vs. amuse, literally vs. figuratively, ain't, irregardless, socialist, OMG, and stupider.