Margaret Ramsay is a teacher with more than 25 years of experience in English literacy. Margaret has taught at Bremer State High School and Everton Park State High School and is also a life-member of The Queensland English Teachers’ Association. While teaching, Margaret developed a successful Reading Retraining program for students at risk. Since retirement, Margaret has become even more involved in literacy, volunteering with students with learning difficulties. The Complete Guide to English Usage has been updated and revised on a continuing basis until the current release of the sixth edition.
A thorough treatment of grammatical terms with lots of clear examples and discussion of usage questions
A comprehensive treatment of the punctuation marks used in English
A section devoted to the vocabulary of English, including Latin and Greek roots, homonyms and homophones, prefixes and suffixes
Handy lists of common proverbs and idioms
A detailed overview of different types of texts with annotated examples
20 Test Yourself sections.