LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 11 November 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Know Your English, Volume 1
Idioms and Their Stories by S. Upendran

A Review by Sindhu.V. Ph.D. Scholar

Part of an Important Series

Know Your English, Volume 1 Idioms and their stories (Universities Press, Hyderabad, India, 2011, pages 195+xix. ISBN : 978 81 7371 729 1) is a treasure house of idioms by S. Upendran. It is a series of four volumes. The series of four volumes is a resource for teachers, students and people who want to improve their spoken and written communication. Each volume deals with different aspects of English i.e. idioms, grammar and usage, words frequently confused, and vocabulary and pronunciation.

Much Sought-after Details of Idioms

Know your English, Volume 1 Idioms and their stories is the first volume in the series that emerged out of the selection of idioms from the weekly column ‘Know your English’ published in The Hindu between 1992 and 2009. The weekly column ‘Know your English’ clarifies readers’ doubts related to English vocabulary, phrases, idioms, usage, pronunciation, etc. This book is a compact dictionary which gives the much sought-after details of idioms. It caters to the needs of general readers who come across the idioms in written and spoken language. In the preface, the author says that anyone at the age of 16 or more than that can enjoy and find the book useful.

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Anna University
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