English for Advanced Learners: Precision, Nuance & Style: Inversion, the Subjunctive, Cleft Sentences and Participle Clauses — 40 Chapters on Grammar, ... (Complete English Mastery Series Book 6)
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Nobody corrects you anymore. That's the problem.Your English works. Meetings, emails, conversations — all fine. And because it works, nobody tells you that your sentences land flatter than they should, that your word choice is correct but not precise, that you sound like someone who learned English rather than someone who thinks in it.The last stretch isn't about rules you got wrong. It's about the options you don't know you have.Forty chapters on that stretch, with practice in every one and every answer at the back.Part I — Precision grammar and nuance. The fine distinctions of perfect aspect, inversion for emphasis, the subjunctive, cleft sentences, advanced passives and participle clausesPart II — Words that do more. Collocations, connotation, figurative language, academic vocabulary, euphemism and the diplomatic registerPart III — Style, register and rhetoric. Moving between registers, hedging, persuasion, cohesion and academic writing conventionsPart IV — Mastery in context. Presentations, negotiating, seminar discussion, reading between the lines, and following fast natural speechHOW EACH CHAPTER WORKS- One structure explained with the nuance intact, and tables you can scan- Common Mistakes to Avoid — the slip advanced speakers still make, with the fix beside it- A Key Idea or Insider Insight — what a good editor would tell you- Quick Practice, with the answers collected at the back- Half the chapters add a Dialogue in Action: the structure at work in a real exchangeEach part closes with a mixed review, and the book ends with a grammar reference, a collocations reference, the full answer key and a glossary.THE PART THAT ISN'T GRAMMARTen of the forty chapters are about using English under pressure — presenting, negotiating, holding your own in a seminar, catching what people actually said when they spoke fast. That's where advanced learners lose ground, and most advanced books stop before it.Written in American English, for learners of any first language. Nine original diagrams show the patterns instead of describing them.Who it's for: fluent speakers who've stopped improving. Professionals whose written English needs to carry authority. Candidates preparing for advanced certification. And teachers looking for material that starts where the usual course ends.This is Book 4 of the series. It assumes you already speak well, and works on everything after that.Scroll up, get your copy, and start with Chapter 1 today. Read more
