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That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

- The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories
Af: Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras Engelsk Hardback

That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

- The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories
Af: Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras Engelsk Hardback
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An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse.
 
Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Don’t be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures and famous writers, among others, language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain how to avoid these perilous pitfalls in the English language. Each entry also includes short histories of how and why these mistake have happened, some of the (often surprisingly nasty) debates about which uses are (and are not) mistakes, and finally, how to use these words correctly … or why to not use them at all.  By the end of this book, every literati will be able to confidently, casually, and correctly toss in an “a priori” or a “limns” without hesitation.
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An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse.
 
Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Don’t be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures and famous writers, among others, language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain how to avoid these perilous pitfalls in the English language. Each entry also includes short histories of how and why these mistake have happened, some of the (often surprisingly nasty) debates about which uses are (and are not) mistakes, and finally, how to use these words correctly … or why to not use them at all.  By the end of this book, every literati will be able to confidently, casually, and correctly toss in an “a priori” or a “limns” without hesitation.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9780399581274
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0399581278
Udg. Dato: 4 sep 2018
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 183mm
Højde: 133mm
Forlag: Ten Speed Press
Oplagsdato: 4 sep 2018
Forfatter(e): Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras
Forfatter(e) Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras


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ISBN-13 9780399581274


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 208


Udgave


Længde 23mm


Bredde 183mm


Højde 133mm


Udg. Dato 4 sep 2018


Oplagsdato 4 sep 2018


Forlag Ten Speed Press

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