Excerpt from Practical English for High Schools Practical English for High Schools is a working manual to develop the power of effective communication of ideas in such situations as appear in ordinary life. It does not aim at the appreciation of literature, nor at effectiveness in the writing of fiction or the literary essay. It does, on the other hand, attempt to train pupils in the art of reading to get the thought in the most economical manner possible. The book is the outgrowth of the new movement to distinguish between English for work and English for leisure. It recognizes that all pupils may be trained in clear and correct speaking and writing, but that only the few may hope to attain excellence in the forms of ex pression that are peculiarly literary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.