Book excerpt: Collins Webster's Easy Learning Complete English is an easy-to-use guide on how to write accurate, clear and effective English. With clear, concise explanations, this book covers all of the most important points for spelling, grammar, punctuation and writing, and is a valuable reference tool for all learners and users of English. Collins Webster's Easy Learning Complete English is divided into three sections: spelling, grammar and punctuation, and writing. The first section is a uniquely helpful guide to English grammar and punctuation, with each grammatical and punctuation point clearly described in a user-friendly format that combines explanations with examples from modern English. The second section describes the patterns and rules you need to understand and predict how words are spelled in English, and provides practical advice on learning words that are difficult to spell. he third section is a useful guide to good written style, covering areas such as sentence structure, punctuation and page layout, with corpus examples that show how English is really used today. Together, these sections provide all of the advice and information learners and users of English need to write accurately and confidently, making Webster's Easy Learning Complete English an indispensable tool for work, school and home study.