100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses is the perfect book for anyone seeking clear and sensible guidance on avoiding common pitfalls of the English language. Each word is fully defined and accompanied by a concise, authoritative usage note based on the renowned usage program of the American Heritage(R) Dictionaries. Each note discusses why a particular usage has traditionally been criticized and explains the rules and conventions that determine what's right, what's wrong, and what falls in between. This edition has...
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100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses is the perfect book for anyone seeking...
100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles presents words that people cant keep straight, no matter how hard they try. It features helpful notes that provide guidance on tricky usage issues the confusion between lend and loan, between plurality and majority, whether free rein is spelled rein or reign. Each entry has a full definition and etymology, and most are accompanied by quotations from classic and contemporary authors that show how the words are used in context. With updates to some of the definitions and etymologies based on revisions made to the American Heritage Dictionary, a...
100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles presents words that people cant keep straight, no matter how hard they try. It features helpful notes th...
A new jacket on the award-winning thesaurus for students in grades 7-10, providing burgeoning writers with 70,000 synonyms shown in contexts students can relate to, as well as clear sample sentences showing typical usage
A new jacket on the award-winning thesaurus for students in grades 7-10, providing burgeoning writers with 70,000 synonyms shown in contexts students ...
A brand new edition for 2019 of the award-winning dictionary for children in grades 3-6, with age-appropriate vocabulary, lively example sentences, hundreds of engaging feature notes, stunning full-color art, and including hundreds of new words and senses as well as a completely revised art program.
A brand new edition for 2019 of the award-winning dictionary for children in grades 3-6, with age-appropriate vocabulary, lively example sentences, hu...