Fowlers Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage loved & used by writers of all kinds. In keeping with its long tradition Fowlers gives comprehensive & practical advice on grammar syntax style & choice of words. It gives a clear & authoritative picture of the English we use & elucidates many scores of usage questions such as the split infinitive & the intricacies of political correctness. It gives in-depth coverage of both British & American English with reference to the English of Australia Canada New Zealand & South Africa. The volume

Includes:: wide-ranging examples of usage from a broad selection of newspapers journals & books from across the globe & features illustrative"ations from authors such as Agatha Christie Chinua Achebe Iris Murdoch Harold Pinter & Noel Coward. Based on the evidence & research of the Oxford Dictionaries Programme this is the most comprehensive & authoritative guide to usage available. The third edition of 1996 provided a complete revision & an expansion of the original text bringing the book fully up to date on all matters of grammar usage syntax & style. This is a reissue of the revised third edition of 1998 which

Includes:: a new Supplement & revised entries. Replaces isbn 0198602634.



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The seventh edition of this classic book has been entirely revised & updated by one of the leading professors of human nutrition in the UK. Written in a clear & easy-to-read style the book deals with a wide range of topics from food microbiology & technology to healthy eating & clinical nutrition. It also tackles the more difficult area of biochemistry & makes the chemical nature of all the important food groups accessible. ...

Flightless helpless & often frankly more than a little silly chickens are no match for the cunning merciless foxes stalking their coop. Or are they? Thanks to a careless farmer & generations of determined foxes the chickens on Foxearth Farm have evolved into quick-witted long-legged high flying fox dodgers. Then just a week after a vicious fox ambush in the water trough three sisters are hatched. & Ransome Sims & Jefferies are no ordinary chicks: they grow up determined to fight back. They are the legendary Fox Busters. ...

When elderly Ailsa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden dressed only in night clothes & with blood stains on the ground near her body the finger of suspicion points at her wealthy landowning husband Colonel James Lockyer-Fox. A coroners inquest gives a verdict of natural causes but the gossip surrounding him refuses to go away. Why? Because hes guilty? Or because resentful women in the isolated Dorset village where he lives rule the roost? Shenstead is a place of too few people & too many secrets. Why have James & Ailsa cut their children out of their wills? What happened in the past to create such animosity within the family? & why is James so desperate to find his illegitimate grandchild? Friendless & alone his reclusive behaviour begins to alarm his London-based solicitor Mark Ankerton whose concern deepens when he discovers that James has become the victim of a relentless campaign which accuses him of far worse than the death of his wife. Allegations which he refuses to challenge.. . Why? Because theyre a motive for murder?.. . ...

From the multi award-winning & bestselling author a brand new edition of the moving story of a girl who tries to nurse an injured fox cub back to health. Clare has lived her whole life on a farm but shes never seen a fox
- until she finds a tiny injured cub whos lost his mum. Clare cares for him herself but has to keep him hidden from her father who thinks foxes are vermin. Can she keep the cub safe? Beautifully crafted story from a multi award-winning & bestselling author. Particularly suitable for reluctant struggling & dyslexic readers.
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In this hilarious book the irrepressible Fox in Socks teaches a baffled Mr. Knox some of the slickest quickest tongue-twisters in town. With his unique combination of hilarious stories zany pictures & riotous rhymes Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children & helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat & ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As the first step in a major rebrand programme Harper Collins is relaunching 17 of Dr. Seuss's best-selling books including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat Green Eggs & Ham & Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands
- Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books for older more fluent readers to enjoy. Fox in Socks belongs to the Green Back Book range.
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Rat-a-tat-tat! Whos afraid of the fox in the dark? Rabbit is! So are Duck Mouse & Lamb. They all squish into Rabbits house t hide. But is the fox really as scary as they think The perfect bedtime book for rabbits ducks mice lambs.. .and children. A funny story with fabulous stylish pictures by a best-selling illustrator. ...

On a cold starry night above the hills of Bethlehem a hungry fox is looking for some supper. Suddenly the sky is full of light & there is the sound of angels singing. What on earth is happening & what unforgettable sight is the fox about to see? Nick Butterworth & Mick Inkpen s delightful Animal Tales tell of some special occasions seen through the eyes of some of Gods smaller creatures who have no trouble at all understanding exactly what is happening... ...

When Mother Fox goes out to look for food she leaves her fox cubs Alfie & Bonnie with clear instructions to stay inside where it's safe & snug. But the two young cubs can't resist the exciting world above & soon find themselves in the middle of their first ever snowfall. But Alfie & Bonnie are only little & the world outside feels very big & very white. If they snow keeps on falling how will they ever find their way home? This is a cosy reassuring story with a stunning sparkly jacket
- perfect for Christmas & beyond!
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Its 1976 & England is sweating its nuts off. As an unrelenting heat wave beats down on the nation the residents of Horses Arse
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