Whos Whose: A No-Nonsense Guide to Easily Confused WordsProduct Description
Youll never again confuse affect and effect!Have you ever been fazed by the spelling of phased, or fretted over the difference between anxiety and angst, stationery and stationary? If so, you are not alone: the English language is a minefield, full of words that look and sound alike but mean different things in different places.
Whos Whose? is an entertaining and essential A to Z guide to the most commonly confused words in English today, with real examples of good and bad usage to make differences crystal clear. In addition to documenting these verbal confusions, it offers a sympathetic guide to the seriousness of each gaffe (the Embarassment rating), an explanation of why it happens, and some handy hints on how to avoid it in future. With
Whos Whose in your corner, youll never again mistake a principle for a principal.
Rate Points :4.5
Binding :Hardcover
Label :Walker & Company
Manufacturer :Walker & Company
ProductGroup :Book
Studio :Walker & Company
Publisher :Walker & Company
EAN :9780802714640
Price :$15.00USD
Lowest Price :$0.97USD
Customer ReviewsUseful and fun Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :0 The book is clear and interesting. Fun to flip through and easy to use as a reference. Good choice.
Whos Whose: A No-Nonsense Guide to Easily Confused Words Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :1 I love this book it is well written and easy to understand. I recommend it to those who want to avoid confusion in written expression.
She is very feminine, you are a bit effeminate and I am effete Rating Point :3 Helpful Point :2 Very useful and highly entertaining book. Good explanations, clear examples and well written.
However, it has two problems that should cost a star each:
- The layout of the pages is quite bad. A reference book like this cannot afford this type of blunder. In all cases it is very difficult to quickly find the actual definition of the words under study. You need to read the whole thing to be able to find it.
- Some of the pitfalls are a bit ludicrous. Do people really confuse Libertarian with Libertine? Industrial with Industrious? Livid with Lurid? Ad hoc with Ad lib? De facto with de jure? In cases like this the author just shows examples of correct usage--perhaps because it would be very difficult to find examples of incorrect usage.
Even good writers sometimes find the right word elusive. Or is it illusive? The correct usage for more than 2,000 words that people commonly misuse is provided in this concise and accessible handbook that assures, insures, and ensures that anyone who
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