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Overview"One of the reasons why English can be such a hard language to learn is because of its many oddities: its many exception to rules and its varied phonetic pronunciations. This book gives the reader tools to make sense these ""Oddities of the English Language"" and become fluent speakers of the language in doing so. Subjects covered are: Special Difficulties; Misleading Blends; Idioms; Hints on Pronunciation; False Cognates; Compounds; Shortenings & Blendings; Prepositions; Nominal Verbs; Word Order in English; Acronyms American English and British English: Any Difference?; Shift of Meaning; and Poetry. Oddities in English also has special sections for Spanish Speakers. Oddities in English - The book for anyone wanting to speak English fluently, but perplexed by all of the ODDITIES in English Grammar & Pronunciation." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jess Nez Romay , Jesus Nunez RomayPublisher: Blue Ocean Press Imprint: Blue Ocean Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.204kg ISBN: 9784902837056ISBN 10: 4902837056 Pages: 156 Publication Date: 07 January 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock ![]() The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |