Ross Petras

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That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means: The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled HistoriesHardcover, 4 September 2018

That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means: The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories
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Print Length
208 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Date Published
4 Sep 2018
ISBN-10
0399581278
ISBN-13
9780399581274

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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

Authors:
Ross PetrasKathryn Petras
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
4 September 2018
Dimensions:
18.03 x 12.95 x 2.03 cm
ISBN-10:
0399581278
ISBN-13:
9780399581274
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Publisher:
Weight:
272.16 gm

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