CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction
PART ONE Varieties of English
Overview
Chapter One A Brief History of English
Chapter Two British English and American English
Chapter Three Religious English and Legal English
Chapter Four Business English and the English of Advertising
Chapter Five Joumalese
Chapter Six Scientific and Technical English
Chapter Seven Literary English
Chapter Eight Varieties According to Medium and Social Relations
PART TWO English Rhetoric
Chapter Nine The Importance of Rhetoric in Communication
Chapter Ten Choice of Words
Chapter Eleven Constmction of Sentences (I)
Chapter Twelve Construction of Sentences (II)
Chapter Thirteen Common Figures of Speech (I)
Chapter Fourteen Common Figures of Speech (11)
Key to Questions
Appendix
Bibliography
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