Common Errors (Little Red Book)

Terry O' Brien

• Publisher: Rupa Publications India
• eBook ISBN:
  9788129121790
• Year: 2012

The Little Red Book of Common Errors is about English usage I errors and how to avoid making them. The book is concerned with deviations from the standard use of English as judged by professional writers, editors, teachers and literate executives and personnel of ficers. The aim of this book is to help you avoid low grades, lost employment opportunities, lost business, and titters of amusement at the way you write or speak.Grammatical approachSeveral examples with correctionsWith comments on the corrections"After all is said and done, more is said than done" - Aesop. Terry O'Brien is an academician by vocation and a passionate quiz enthusiast by avocation. His leit-motif is the igniting of quizzing instinct and an aptitude to develop the 3R's of learning: Read, Record, Recall. He is a Trainer's Trainer and a motivational speaker. He has written several books. His flair for writing and speaking comes naturally to him.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Book Information
• Copyright
• Nouns
• Possessive Ending Omitted
• Errors In The Choice Of Words
• Common Errors
• Some More Errors
• Some Misleading Parts Of Speech
• Back Cover