Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
$33.02
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2004
Summary
One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free grammar.
As usual, Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where ‘cleave’ can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word ‘set’ has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780767910439 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0767910435 |
| Author: | Bill Bryson |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Doubleday & Co Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 134mm x 15mm |
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“A worthwhile addition to any writer’s or editor’s reference library.” —Los Angeles Times“[Bryson is] a world-class grammar maven.” —Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times“A usage book with a nice sense of differentiation.”—William Safire, New York Times Magazine“Bryson’s erudition is evident and refreshing … a straightforward, concise, utilitarian guide.”—Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson’s bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and A Short History of Nearly Everything (which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union’s highest literary award). He was chancellor of Durham University, England’s third oldest university, from 2005 to 2011, and is an honorary fellow of Britain’s Royal Society.
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