Know Your English-Volume 3

Do you enjoy being in 'crowdy' places? What is the plural of 'aircraft' and 'cattle'? Is it 'media are' or 'media is'? Do you have a 'soft spot' or a 'soft corner' for someone? Is it okay to say Tendulkar is the 'bestest' batsmen India has produced? Are you 'good at' or 'good in' cricket?  Were you a 'topper' or 'ranker' in school? Why do software engineers want us to 'revert back ' to them? Do you pay 'in cash' or 'by cash'? Does your house have a big backside?

Grammar and Usage, the third volume in the Know Your English series, is a practical reference guide that provides answers to such questions. The selections included in the book highlight some of the common errors that we Indians make when we use English.

Like the first and second volumes – Idioms and their Stories and Words Frequently Confused – this book is based on Upendran’s popular weekly column, Know Your English, published in The Hindu. It contains a selection of over 650 entries, each dealing with an aspect of grammar/usage. Explanations have been provided in simple, jargon-free language.