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That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

By Ross Petras

That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means Books

That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

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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.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2018-09-04
Publication Date:
2018-09-04
Publisher:
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0399581278
ISBN13:
9780399581274
Weight:
282 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
185 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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