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This site has been going since 2008 but in 2012 has begun the process of being revamped, with new definitions being added.
What we aim to do here is stand as a reliable place online to find the answers to your language questions. There is so much misinformation out there, a lot of rumo{u}rs and plenty of myths being spouted on forums and message boards that it can be difficult to find correct answers.
Enter, whichenglish.com.
With so many people relying on the web these days rather than books as sources of information, this site aims to fill that gap and give you what you need digitally and free of charge or subscription. Rather than being a commercial site backed by venture capital and an office full of people, whichenglish is run by one editor and an editorial assistant doing this in their spare time.
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Featured definitionall of the or all the?The complete sequence is all of the. This is because it follows some of the, half of the, more of the, most of the, a bit of the etc., all of which don't work without the inclusion of of. e.g. "most the", "a bit the", "some the" etc. The same therfore goes for the colloquial "all the". |
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HBR Guide to: Better Business Writing (2013)
By Bryan A. Garner
"A valuable weapon in every business writer’s arsenal"
American Bryan A. Garner is a noted lawyer and businessman on the one hand, and a grammarian and lexicographer on the other. His published works include Garner’s Modern American Usage, a book that I personally rate as among the top-five books currently available on English usage, Black’s Law Dictionary and The Elements on Legal Style. He is also a contributor to the esteemed Chicago Manual of Style. He has also trained 150,000 lawyers in the art of written persuasion and effective contract drafting for dozens of Fortune 500 companies.
Garner’s latest book, The Harvard Business Review (HBR) Guide to Better Business Writing, makes the leap from writing for the legal sphere to meeting the needs of the modern business writer. So, what does this new book offer?
Click here to read the full review of HBR Guide to Better Business Writing.
BEST BOOKS ABOUT ENGLISH USAGE & GRAMMAR
The best books about the English language
There are so many books about English out there that it can almost be overwhelming. Apart from my own book, The Joy of English (see link above), here is a selection of some of the best – all of which I have read.
I have begun updating the books section. Here is a small taster of the books being featured, both old and new.
English Dictionaries
We live in the information age, with iPhones, iPads, computers and laptops, yet books will always be around. As a researcher and writer about the English language I have
Bryce's The Smallest English Dictionary in the World (1890)
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