Presents a guide to American English, in a workbook format, and includes information on words, common expressions, metaphors, idioms, well-known quotations, and cultural insights and a informal history.
A guide to improving spoken and written English, covering how words work, avoiding the most common mistakes and pitfalls, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and more.
Explains the source of various sayings and expressions from the American frontier, as well as how they are used today. Includes such sayings as "cut and dried" and "apple of one's eye.".
