This manageable guide to grammar and usage includes over 1600 definitions of grammatical terms. Many entries include example sentences and quotations, making this a useful and usable tool for even beginning students.

An easy-to-use reference, Common Errors is a compendium of hundreds of commonly misused words, including rules for discerning the correct usage.

This series of short essays on important grammatical questions entertains as it educates. It clarifies grammar’s practical benefits in profound yet readable snippets. Purposeful communication is elevated above convention as the tools of the English language are given their real world value. These clear and witty articles make difficult grammatical concepts fun and accessible.

N.M. Gwynne’s handbook on English grammar can be divided into two parts: reference companion on the one hand and diatribe on the state of writing in English on the other. The part that is reference companion is certainly beneficial—reviewing parts of speech, syntax, and punctuation rules. The appendices include such helps as a glossary of grammatical terms and a list of irregular verbs. The handbook also contains Strunk’s classic Elements of Style (albeit with some modifications). The diatribe portion (from the Preface through Chapter 5) goes beyond a harmless prescriptivism one is always sure to find in grammar handbooks, and in many places enters into misinformation that should be avoided.

With over 4,000 entries, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage offers writers an exhaustive resource for discerning the proper use of vocabulary. Whether looking for the correct usage of confusing words or identifying the correct prefix, this guide is essential for students worried about a misused word.