The Penguin Dictionary Of Troublesome Words
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The Penguin Dictionary Of Troublesome Words
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Allen Lane
Release Date : 1984
The Penguin Dictionary Of Troublesome Words written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Allen Lane this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Reference categories.
Bryson S Dictionary Of Troublesome Words
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2002-09-17
Bryson S Dictionary Of Troublesome Words written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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 adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at all; [and] where ‘colonel,’ ‘freight,’ ‘once,’ and ‘ache’ are strikingly at odds with their spellings.” As a copy editor for the London Times in the early 1980s, Bill Bryson felt keenly the lack of an easy-to-consult, authoritative guide to avoiding the traps and snares in English, and so he brashly suggested to a publisher that he should write one. Surprisingly, the proposition was accepted, and for “a sum of money carefully gauged not to cause embarrassment or feelings of overworth,” he proceeded to write that book—his first, inaugurating his stellar career. Now, a decade and a half later, revised, updated, and thoroughly (but not overly) Americanized, it has become Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words, more than ever an essential guide to the wonderfully disordered thing that is the English language. With some one thousand entries, from “a, an” to “zoom,” that feature real-world examples of questionable usage from an international array of publications, and with a helpful glossary and guide to pronunciation, this precise, prescriptive, and—because it is written by Bill Bryson—often witty book belongs on the desk of every person who cares enough about the language not to maul or misuse or distort it.
The Penguin Dictionary Of Troublesome Words
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Puffin
Release Date : 1987
The Penguin Dictionary Of Troublesome Words written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Puffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Reference categories.
Troublesome Words
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-06-02
Troublesome Words written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Troublesome Words is playful and riddlesome guide to the English language from the bestselling author of Notes from a Small Island and A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word for over twenty years. So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives, are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say 'an historic day', this superb book is the place to find out.
The Facts On File Dictionary Of Troublesome Words
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Facts On File Dictionary Of Troublesome Words written by Bill Bryson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Bryson S Dictionary For Writers And Editors
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2008-05-20
Bryson S Dictionary For Writers And Editors written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-20 with Reference categories.
From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers. What is the difference between “immanent” and “imminent”? What is the singular form of graffiti? What is the difference between “acute” and “chronic”? What is the former name of “Moldova”? What is the difference between a cardinal number and an ordinal number? One of the English language's most skilled writers answers these and many other questions and guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. Covering spelling, capitalization, plurals, hyphens, abbreviations, and foreign names and phrases, Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors will be an indispensable companion for all who care enough about our language not to maul, misuse, or contort it. This dictionary is an essential guide to the wonderfully disordered thing that is the English language. As Bill Bryson notes, it will provide you with “the answers to all those points of written usage that you kind of know or ought to know but can’t quite remember.” BONUS MATERIAL: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Bill Bryson's One Summer.
How To Not Write Bad
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Author : Ben Yagoda
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-02-05
How To Not Write Bad written by Ben Yagoda and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Ben Yagoda's How to Not Write Bad illustrates how we can all write better, more clearly, and for a wider readership. He offers advice on what he calls "not-writing-badly," which consists of the ability, first, to craft sentences that are correct in terms of spelling, diction (word choice), punctuation, and grammar, and that also display clarity, precision, and grace. Then he focuses on crafting whole paragraphs—with attention to cadence, consistency of tone, sentence transitions, and paragraph length. In a fun, comprehensive guide, Yagoda lays out the simple steps we can all take to make our writing more effective, more interesting—and just plain better.
When Things Go Wrong Diseases
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2020-04-21
When Things Go Wrong Diseases written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-21 with Science categories.
In this selection from The Body, his compulsively readable and bestselling owner’s manual to the human body, Bill Bryson introduces us to the mysterious, and often devastating, world of disease. Written with extraordinary insight and filled with remarkable facts, When Things Go Wrong deepens our understanding of the maladies that afflict us--what they are and how they work. A Vintage Short.
The Body
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-10-03
The Body written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-03 with Science categories.
#1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE _______ 'A directory of wonders.' - The Guardian 'Jaw-dropping.' - The Times 'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson...an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book.' - The Daily Telegraph _______ 'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up. A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic. It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again. 'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.' Bill Bryson
Notes From A Small Island
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Author : Bill Bryson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-03-02
Notes From A Small Island written by Bill Bryson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with Travel categories.
In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite; a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy; place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowells; people who said 'Mustn't grumble', and ‘Ooh lovely’ at the sight of a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits; and Gardeners' Question Time. Notes from a Small Island was a huge number-one bestseller when it was first published, and has become the nation's most loved book about Britain, going on to sell over two million copies.