Readers of all levels will find this excellent guide essential‎.‎ Including examples of real usage taken from the Oxford Corpus‎,‎ this handy volume provides clear information about grammar and punctuation that we need on a day‎-to‎-day basis in over 300 entries‎.‎ Arranged alphabetically‎,‎ it contains entries for standard grammatical terms such as pronoun‎,‎ synonym‎,‎ or transitive verb‎.‎ It also discusses related questions of usage‎,‎ for example how to distinguish between ‎'‎may‎'‎ or ‎'‎ might‎'‎‎,‎ ‎'‎that‎'‎ or ‎'‎which‎'‎‎,‎ and ‎'‎it‎'‎s‎'‎ or ‎'‎its‎'‎‎.‎ For ease of use‎,‎ over 40 feature entries on master headwords like adverb‎,‎ hyphen‎,‎ and spelling include diagrams listing related terms‎.‎ Revised and updated‎,‎ The Oxford A‎-Z of Grammar and Punctuation offers accessible and coherent explanations across a broad range of topics‎,‎ and is the first port of call for any reader seeking clear‎,‎ authoritative help with grammar and punctuation‎.‎ Both easy to use and comprehensive‎,‎ it is an essential tool for writing at home‎,‎ in the office‎,‎ at school‎,‎ and at college‎.‎