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English language - Errors of usage

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    The complete plain words / by Sir Ernest Gowers ; revised edition by Sidney Greenbaum and Janet Whitcut.

    Gowers, Ernest, 1880-1966. | Date: 1987
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    English exercises, adapted to the Grammar lately published by L. Murray; Consisting of Exemplifications of the Parts of Speech; Instances of false Orthography; Violations of the Rules of Syntax; Defects in Punctuation; and Violations of the Rules respecting Perspicuity and Accuracy. Designed for the benefit of private learners, as well as for the use of schools. By Lindley Murray.

    Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826. | Date: [1797]
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    English exercises, adapted to the Grammar lately published by L. Murray; Consisting of Exemplifications of the Parts of Speech; Instances of false Orthography; Violations of the Rules of Syntax; Defects in Punctuation; and Violations of the Rules respecting Perspicuity and Accuracy. Designed for the benefit of private learners, as well as for the use of schools. By Lindley Murray.

    Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826. | Date: [1797]
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    Letters on subjects of importance to the happiness of young females, addressed by a governess to her pupils, Chiefly while they were under her immediate Tuition: To which is added, a few practical lessons on the improprieties of language, and errors of pronunciation, which frequently occur in common conversation. By Helena Wells.

    Whitford, Helena, -1824. | Date: [1799]
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