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introduction 4

How to use the book
lf you want an explanation of a particular point, look in the index. Prob-
lems are indexed under several different names, so it is usually easy to
find what you want. For example, if you need information about the use
of /and me, you can find this in the index under 'l’, ‘me’, ‘subject and
object forms’, ‘personal pronouns’ or ‘pronouns’.

Exercises
Basic English Usage: Exercises, by Jennifer Seidl and Michael! Swan,
gives practice in the various points that are explained in Basic English
Usage.
Thanks
| should like to thank the many people whose suggestions and criticisms
have helped me with this book, especially Norman Coe, Stewart
Melluish, Jennifer Seid! and Catherine Walter. | am also most grateful to
all those — too many to name — who have sent me comments on my
book Practical English Usage. Their suggestions have helped me to
improve many of the explanations in this book.

Comments
| should be very glad to hear from students or teachers using this book
who find mistakes or omissions, or who have comments or suggestions
of any kind. Please write to me c/o ELT Department, Oxford University
Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP.