Write Better Speak Better
Joseph Madappally
Price
175
ISBN
9788125026426
Language
English
Pages
84
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2004
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Orient BlackSwan

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This is a compilation of common errors in English among Indian users and, as mentioned above, is a selection and adaptation of the column which the author had serialised in Career Deepika. The entries are done according to alphabetical order, with the main word of common error given in bold. The entries highlight the right sentence and the corresponding wrong use. Brief grammatical explanations are also given alongside to educate the reader on why one is right and the other is wrong. Sometimes, more examples are provided. Grammatical classes are marked out in groups, for instance, prepositions, articles, adverbs and so on. Since the arrangement is alphabetical, the book would be more useful as a ready reckoner than a book for reading from end to end. Explanations are kept to the minimum and so need not tire the reader who just would like to know what is right and what is wrong. Therefore the book can be considered an useful addition to any learner’s ready reference.

Joseph Madappally has been a college teacher, columnist and journalist. He retired as Professor of English, Berchmans’ College, Changanachery, Kerala. Has been committed to the teaching of English in the Indian context. He has contributed regular weekly columns to newspapers on English usage. He had been a regular columnist with Career Deepika, a career weekly published from Kottayam, in which he had discussed common errors in sentences drawn from various publications. This was serialised as ‘Write the Right English’ over 275 weeks. This column had received wide appreciation and this book is a selection and adaptation of the same articles.