Comments on: Three Fairly New British Language References http://www.dailywritingtips.com/three-fairly-new-british-language-references/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: jully http://www.dailywritingtips.com/three-fairly-new-british-language-references/comment-page-1/#comment-391099 jully Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:06:36 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3182#comment-391099 i work as an adminitrative assistant need your help i work as an adminitrative assistant need your help

]]> By: Ngan Nguyen http://www.dailywritingtips.com/three-fairly-new-british-language-references/comment-page-1/#comment-334357 Ngan Nguyen Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:26:14 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3182#comment-334357 When will I able to download your ebook "Basic English Grammar" after my subscription? When will I able to download your ebook “Basic English Grammar” after my subscription?

]]> By: David H http://www.dailywritingtips.com/three-fairly-new-british-language-references/comment-page-1/#comment-185457 David H Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:54:28 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3182#comment-185457 I recently bought a copy of Trask's Penguin Guide to Punctuation as a supplement to another book on punctuation which I am reading, Eric Partridge's You Have a Point There. Comparing the two, I think I should read Trask as an introduction to punctuation, then turn to Partridge for an in-depth treatment of the subject. As an example, based on the chapter which I have just read, Partridge lists thirteen uses of the colon, providing examples of each, whereas I see that Trask gives just one major use. I might, therefore, suspend my reading of Partridge while I read Trask. The other Penguin guides mentioned in the blog were also a part of my list of possible purchases, though in the end I bought Trask's Mind The Gaffe and a second-hand copy of the Fowler brothers' The King's English. Add this blog to the list and I am a happy soul, if not yet as literate as I hope to be. I recently bought a copy of Trask’s Penguin Guide to Punctuation as a supplement to another book on punctuation which I am reading, Eric Partridge’s You Have a Point There.

Comparing the two, I think I should read Trask as an introduction to punctuation, then turn to Partridge for an in-depth treatment of the subject. As an example, based on the chapter which I have just read, Partridge lists thirteen uses of the colon, providing examples of each, whereas I see that Trask gives just one major use. I might, therefore, suspend my reading of Partridge while I read Trask.

The other Penguin guides mentioned in the blog were also a part of my list of possible purchases, though in the end I bought Trask’s Mind The Gaffe and a second-hand copy of the Fowler brothers’ The King’s English. Add this blog to the list and I am a happy soul, if not yet as literate as I hope to be.

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