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Lilas · Joined: 13 Jun 2010 Posts: 16

Does anyone know any safe sites where I can (pay and) download any of the recommended texts in PDF so I can transfer them to my Kindle? I'm thinking particularly of Swan's 'Practical English Usage' or any of the Murphy ones. Google is helpful, but trying to be safe! Thanks for any help.

...Perhaps I should say any texts that I can convert to read on a Kindle? Am trying to cut down on luggage!

fluffyhamster · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:35 am Post subject:

I know these aren't quite the texts you mentioned, or in pdf format, but you might like to consider the Collins COBUILD CD-ROM (includes the Dictionary, Grammar, Guide to English Usage, Thesaurus, and Wordbank), or Carter & McCarthy's Cambridge Grammar of English book & CD-ROM.

There is also a fair amount of grammar guidance in any of the learner dictionary book & CD-ROM packs available from Longman, Oxford, Macmillan, or Cambridge (listed in the order I tend to use them most, most > least), though these are all available as free online versions (but these are all very basic/much less feature-packed, compared to their CD-ROMs).