Title: Using French :
Authors: Batchelor, R. E.; Offord, M. H.; Batchelor, R. E.
Date: 1993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Physical description: xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: P
Contents: 1. Register -- 1.1. Varieties of language -- 1.2. Peripheral factors -- 1.3. Central factors -- 1.4. Register as used in this book -- 1.5. Illustration of register -- 1.6. Passages illustrating levels of register -- 2. Vocabulary -- 2.1. Misleading similarities: deceptive cognates -- 2.2. Homonyms and ambiguity -- 2.3. Paronyms -- 2.4. Synonyms and words with related meanings -- 2.5. Complex verbal expressions -- 2.6. Idioms, similes and proverbs -- 2.7. Proper names -- 2.8. Abbreviations -- 2.9. Latin expressions -- 2.10. Interjections, fillers, transition words and forms of address -- 2.11. Differences in measurements, etc. -- 3. Grammar -- 3.1. Gender -- 3.2. Number -- 3.3. Word order -- 3.4. Prepositions -- 3.5. Negation -- 3.6. Verbs -- 3.7. Subjunctive mood -- 3.8. Pronouns -- 3.9. Usage with names of countries -- Vocabulary list: words and expressions contained in Sections 2.1 to 2.4.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: A guide to contemporary French usage. Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): French language--Usage.