An edition of Thirty Days to Better English
(1965)
Thirty days to better English
by Norman Lewis
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Table of Contents
Part I. Test Your English!
1st Day. Test Your Pronunciation
Four short, but revealing, pronunciation tests give you an accurate indication of how you sound to other people.
2nd Day. Test Your Vocabulary
React to 30 specially selected words to discover whether your vocabulary is average, good, or superior.
3rd Day. Test Your Spelling
In a few moments you can find out whether your spelling is as good as it should be—or whether you make errors you're not even aware of!
4th Day. Test Your Grammar
Do you generally use words correctly? Are you usually sure—or only half sure? Let's put it to a test.
Part II. Say It Right!
6th Day. Can You Pass This Essay Pronunciation Test?
Your reaction to nine significant English words will tell you a great deal about your pronunciation habits.
7th Day. More Practice in Good Pronunciation
Here are 25 important words that poor speakers say in a slovenly fashion. How about you?
8th Day. Still More Words That Fool the Unwary
You complete your understanding of the principles of correct pronunciation by examining four final categories of English words; then you check the success of your learning in Part II by taking a pronunciation test that most unsophisticated speakers would do very poorly on.
Part III. Improve Your Vocabulary!
10th Day. A Simple Program for Vocabulary Improvement
To increase your vocabulary at a prodigious rate, you must learn to be on the alert for new words.
11th Day. The Royal Road to Learning New Words
If you work from Latin and Greek roots you can add new words to your vocabulary in wholesale quantities!
12th Day. Let's Learn 10 New Words
A quick warm-up that will help you add some short and expressive terms to your vocabulary.
13th Day. A Challenge to Your Vocabulary
Here are 50 more words that should be in every educated person's vocabulary—how successfully can you learn them?
Part IV. Spell It Right!
15th Day. Special Tricks That Will Make You a Better Speller
Learning to be a good speller may seem difficult—but there are tested shortcuts to quick and permanent mastery of the words most people misspell.
16th Day. More Memory Tricks to Make You a Perfect Speller
By now you should be convinced that mnemonics make mastery of correct spelling practically effortless. Today you conquer once and for all time 23 new words that are frequently misspelled.
17th Day. And Still More Tricks
Another 15 words you can conquer through mnemonics.
18th Day. Some More Spelling Tests to Keep You Alert
By now you should really feel your spelling ability improving—but don't relax. The next five tests will check on your learning and introduce some new demons for you to conquer.
19th Day. A Final, Acid Test of Your Newly Acquired Spelling Skill
Some of the hundred words tested in this chapter you've already conquered—others are new. When you've mastered the new ones, you'll be sure of one thing—it will be a cold day in August before anyone can ever stump you again!
Part V. Speak Correctly!
21st Day. An English Test for You
Let's find out if your everyday English is as good as you are.
22nd Day. The Most Confusing Verbs in the English Language, and How to Get Them Straight
No other verbs cause as much trouble as lay and lie. Now you can begin mastering them by learning a few simple and easy-to-apply principles.
23rd Day. Final Steps for Mastering Lay and Lie
Today you nail down your understanding of these troublesome verbs and prove to yourself that you can now avoid all confusion.
24th Day. How to Find Your Way through Singulars and Plurals
Do you have to stop sometimes and wonder whether to use is or are, has or have, was or were? Let's discover how easy it is to decide once you're sure of the rules.
Part VI. The Modern View of Correctness in English
26th Day. How Correct Must Correct English Be?
An informal investigation for Harper's Magazine that turned up some surprising results.
27th Day. How Would You Solve These Five Grammar Problems?
Like or as? Me or I? None are or none is? Between or among three dresses? How do you usually say it, and are you right or wrong?
28th Day. Seven New Problems to Pit Your Wits Against
Is a singular or plural verb used after who? What is the difference between childlike and childish? When do you feel bad, when badly? Which is correct, we boys or us boys? More excursions into the kind of pesky little problems that make English so difficult.
29th Day. Nine Final Problems and How to Tackle Them
When are we disinterested, when uninterested? Is phenomenon singular or plural? How about measles, mathematics? Is it all right to use due to as a conjunction? Is try and come good English? Is older than me correct English? And is thick hair luxurious or luxuriant? Some more notes on present-day educated standards in American English.
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