tailieunhanh - Basic English Usage

The TOEIC Speaking and Writing tests include tasks that people might perform in work-related situations or in familiar daily activities that are common across cultures. The tests assess English- language speaking and writing profi ciency and do not require test takers to have specialized knowledge of business. | Basic English Usage Michael Swan Oxford University Press Walton Street Oxford 0X2 6DP Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bombay Calcutta Cape Town Dares Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madras Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi Paris Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan OXFORD and OXFORD ENGLISH are trade marks of Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 431187 2 Oxford University Press 1984 First published 1984 Thirteenth impression 1995 Illustrations by Marie-Hélène Jeeves The flowchart in section 84 is reproduced from The Cambridge English Course Book 2 by Michael Swan and Catherine Walter Cambridge University Press 1984 by kind permission of the publishers. No unauthorized photocopying All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Oxford University Press. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not by way of trade or otherwise be lent re-sold hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Typeset in Linotron 202 Helvetica by Promenade Graphics Limited Cheltenham England. Printed in Hong Kong 3 Contents Introduction 3 List of entries 5 Words used in the explanations 10 Phonetic alphabet 12 Basic English Usage 13 Index 276 Introduction The purpose of this book This is a practical guide to common problems in English grammar and usage. It is written for foreign students who would like to know more about English and who want to avoid mistakes. Level The book is written especially for intermediate students but more advanced learners may also find it useful. The explanations are made as simple as possible.