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Comma English language Errors of usage English language Errors of usage Dictionaries English language Errors of usage Humor English language Punctuation English language Synonyms and antonyms LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reference VocabularyNorris, Mary
Summary: A New Yorker copy veteran presents laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing errors in language and usage, drawing on examples from classic literature and pop culture while sharing anecdotes from her work with celebrated writers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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Summary: A style manual for English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic identifies the common mistakes and correct usage of everything from dangling participles to transitive verbs. Our language is changing, literary levels are declining, and our grasp of grammar is at a crisis point. From commas to colons, apostrophes to adverbs, there are countless ways we can make mistakes when writing or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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Summary: "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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2018
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Summary: "Full of advice, insider wisdom, and fascinating facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to anyone who wants to be confident in their writing skills, or anyone who enjoys the power of language. Explored throughout are the mysteries of using punctuation, word choice decisions, and more, presented in a clear, concise and accessible manner made fun!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wyrick 1987
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Summary: "The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language "mistakes" and how they came to be accepted as correct-or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Readers, writers, wordsmiths, verbivores, and logophiles will delight in the clutter-free pages of The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate from renowned lexicographer and author Eugene Ehrlich. Forgoing everyday English words and their definitions, The Highly Selective Dictionary presents only the most interesting words and their concise definitions, and includes short...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.1 EHRLederer, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005