Practice Makes Perfect: English Pronouns and Prepositions, Second Edition

Helpful instructions and plenty of practice exercises.

This new addition to the 'Practice Makes Perfect' series makes it easier than ever for ESL learners to get the hang of English pronouns and prepositions. Language teacher Ed Swick demystifies English pronouns and prepositions, and provides dozens of skill-building exercises.

For a year, the murder of Mrs. Yvonne Harrison at her home in Oxfordshire had baffled the Thames Valley CID. The manner of her death--her naked handcuffed body left lying in bed--matched her reputation. The case seemed perfect for Inspector Morse.

Barron's SAT 2400: Aiming for the Perfect Score (3rd ed, 2010)

Most college-bound test takers know that 2400 represents a perfect SAT score. Probably, they also know that scores of 2100 or higher virtually guarantee students acceptance at America's most prestigious colleges.

The Perfect Fit: The Classic Guide to Altering Patterns

Good fit improves the comfort and appearance of any garment and is the reason many people sew their own clothes. However, it's common to worry about ruining a pattern when you cut it apart to make a fitting adjustment. The Perfect Fit makes pattern alterations easy with proven methods illustrated step-by-step. This complete guide includes analyzing a figure, measuring the body, customizing the pattern, and fine-tuning the fit with small adjustments like moving buttons and reshaping darts. The Perfect Fit shows how to change a commercial pattern sized for millions of women into a sewing blueprint sized to fit your figure alone. 

The Present Perfect in Non-Native Englishes - A Corpus-Based Study of Variation

This is an innovative study of variation among linguistic items in what has been traditionally described as present perfect contexts. The study offers analyses of new data sets taken from an interestingly diverse set of non-native Englishes. While comprising traditional second-language varieties such as Indian English, Singapore English, East African English in the investigation of the present perfect, the study extends its scope to cover learner varieties of English spoken in Russia and Germany.