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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words : A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right by Bill Bryson (2004, Trade Paperback)
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One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free grammar. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: "English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where 'cleave' can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word 'set' has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at all; and] where 'colonel, ' 'freight, ' 'once, ' and 'ache' are strikingly at odds with their spellings." As a copy editor for the London Times in the early 1980s, Bill Bryson felt keenly the lack of an easy-to-consult, authoritative guide to avoiding the traps and snares in English, and so he brashly suggested to a publisher that he should write one. Surprisingly, the proposition was accepted, and for "a sum of money carefully gauged not to cause embarrassment or feelings of overworth," he proceeded to write that book--his first, inaugurating his stellar career. Now, a decade and a half later, revised, updated, and thoroughly (but not overly) Americanized, it has become Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words , more than ever an essential guide to the wonderfully disordered thing that is the English language. With some one thousand entries, from "a, an" to "zoom," that feature real-world examples of questionable usage from an international array of publications, and with a helpful glossary and guide to pronunciation, this precise, prescriptive, and--because it is written by Bill Bryson--often witty book belongs on the desk of every person who cares enough about the language not to maul or misuse or distort it.Product Identifiers
PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-100767910435
ISBN-139780767910439
eBay Product ID (ePID)2480363
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameBryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words : a Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
LanguageEnglish
SubjectVocabulary, Dictionaries, Grammar & Punctuation, Word Lists
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
AuthorBill Bryson
Subject AreaRéférence, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight6.7 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.3 in
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Reviews"A worthwhile addition to any writer's or editor's reference library." -Los Angeles Times "[Bryson is] a world-class grammar maven." -Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times "A usage book with a nice sense of differentiation." -William Safire, New York Times Magazine "Bryson's erudition is evident and refreshing . . . a straightforward, concise, utilitarian guide." -Publishers Weekly, "A worthwhile addition to any writer's or editor's reference library." -Los Angeles Times "[Bryson is] a world-class grammar maven." -Michael Upchurch,Seattle Times "A usage book with a nice sense of differentiation." -William Safire,New York Times Magazine "Bryson's erudition is evident and refreshing . . . a straightforward, concise, utilitarian guide." -Publishers Weekly, "A worthwhile addition to any writer's or editor's reference library." -- Los Angeles Times "[Bryson is] a world-class grammar maven." --Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times "A usage book with a nice sense of differentiation." --William Safire, New York Times Magazine "Bryson's erudition is evident and refreshing . . . a straightforward, concise, utilitarian guide." -- Publishers Weekly, "A worthwhile addition to any writer's or editor's reference library." - Los Angeles Times "[Bryson is] a world-class grammar maven." -Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times "A usage book with a nice sense of differentiation." -William Safire, New York Times Magazine "Bryson's erudition is evident and refreshing . . . a straightforward, concise, utilitarian guide." - Publishers Weekly
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Dewey Decimal423/.1
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