What's New
We have fixed a crash issue reported by some users.
App Description
Practical English Usage is a world bestseller and a vital reference tool that helps teachers and higher-level learners with common language problems in English.
Practical English Usage provides instant answers to questions about the English language which both native and non-native speakers of English find difficult to explain: When do we use a past tense with a future meaning? When and why do English speakers use 'the'? Do I say 'big', 'large', or 'great'? What exactly is the difference between 'close' and 'shut'? How do I read out an email address?
The Practical English Usage app:
• Deals with spoken and written grammar, vocabulary, spelling, pronunciation, and differences between formal and informal language.
• Contains over 600 indexed entries covering all the important problems for learners of English.
• Offers clear simple explanations with corpus-informed examples.
• Includes notes on background topics such as letters and emails, politeness, standardisation and dialect grammar, the meaning of 'correctness', differences between spoken and written English, and changes in English.
• Covers differences between British and American English.
• Includes audio for the pronunciation discussed in the text.
You can:
• Access entries through the very complete Index, either by scrolling through the list or by keying in the language point you want to look up – e.g. future, conditionals, 'have'.
• Browse through the thematically-organised Contents Overview and the A-Z list of entries.
• Navigate immediately between related entries through the many cross-references.
• Create your own list of favourite entries.
• Go to ‘History’ to view your recent searches.
You can use the Practical English Usage app together with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app to look up words. Just tap on a word in Practical English Usage to bring up the dictionary entry.
App Changes
- November 04, 2012 Initial release
- December 18, 2012 New version 1.01
- December 20, 2012 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $29.99
- January 01, 2013 Price increase: $29.99 -> $39.99
- January 31, 2013 New version 1.02
- April 07, 2013 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $19.99
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- December 21, 2013 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $22.99
- January 05, 2014 Price increase: $22.99 -> $39.99
- April 01, 2014 Price decrease: $39.99 -> $25.99
- April 07, 2014 Price increase: $25.99 -> $40.99
- October 08, 2014 New version 1.1
- December 01, 2014 Price decrease: $40.99 -> $19.99
- December 02, 2014 Price increase: $19.99 -> $40.99
- January 04, 2015 Price increase: $40.99 -> $42.99
- January 14, 2015 Price decrease: $42.99 -> $39.99
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- January 04, 2016 Price increase: $39.99 -> $40.99
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- June 22, 2016 New version 1.2
- November 05, 2016 New version 1.2.1
- June 13, 2019 Price decrease: $40.99 -> $31.99
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