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Author : Ambrose Bierce
language : en
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
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Entertaining and thought-provoking, this A-to-Z compendium maps out common oral and written blunders, improprieties and general indiscretions.. Ambrose Bierce, a celebrated literary wit, assembled his informative compilation in 1909 from many years of observations and notes. He advocates precision in language, offering alternatives to grammatical lapses and inaccurate or poorly thought out word choices.Moneyed for Wealthy: "The moneyed men of New York." One might as sensibly say, "The cattled men of Texas," or, "The lobstered men of the fish market." Name for Title and Name: "His name was Mr. Smith." Surely no babe was ever christened Mister. Juncture means a joining, a junction; its use to signify a time, however critical, is absurd. "At this juncture the woman screamed." In reading that account of it, we scream, too. Times and usages have changed considerably in the past century. Bierce's strict rules remain, however, a timeless source of interest for wordsmiths and lovers of language."The author's main purpose in this book is to teach precision in writing; and of good writing (which, essentially, is clear thinking made visible) precision is the point of capital concern. It is attained by choice of the word that accurately and adequately expresses what the writer has in mind, and by exclusion of that which either denotes or connotes something else. As Quintilian puts it, the writer should so write that his reader not only may, but must, understand.Few words have more than one literal and serviceable meaning, however many metaphorical, derivative, related, or even unrelated, meanings lexicographers may think it worth while to gather from all sorts and conditions of men, with which to bloat their absurd and misleading dictionaries. This actual and serviceable meaning—not always determined by derivation, and seldom by popular usage—is the one affirmed, according to his light, by the author of this little manual of solecisms. Narrow etymons of the mere scholar and loose locutions of the ignorant are alike denied a standing."
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
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Release Date : 2020-03-16
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"Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults" by Ambrose Bierce is a collection of tips and pitfalls, including commonly misused and misunderstood words. Ambrose Bierce, a celebrated literary wit, assembled his informative compilation in 1909 from many years of observations and notes. He advocates precision in language and crafted this book as an A-to-Z compendium that outlines common oral and written gaffes.
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
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Excerpt from Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults The author's main purpose in this book is to teach precision in writing; and of good writing (which, essentially, is clear thinking made visible) precision is the point of capital concern. It is attained by choice of the word that accurately and adequately expresses what the writer has in mind, and by exclusion of that which either denotes or connotes something else. As Quintilian puts it, the writer should so write that his reader not only may, but must, understand. Few words have more than one literal and serviceable meaning, however many metaphorical, derivative, related, or even unrelated, meanings lexicographers may think it worth while to gather from all sorts and conditions of men, with which to bloat their absurd and misleading dictionaries. This actual and serviceable meaning - not always determined by derivation, and seldom by popular usage - is the one affirmed, according to his light, by the author of this little manual of solecisms. Narrow etymons of the mere scholar and loose locutions of the ignorant are alike denied a standing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
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A for An. "A hotel." "A heroic man." Before an unaccented aspirate use an. The contraryusage in this country comes of too strongly stressing our aspirates.Action for Act. "In wrestling, a blow is a reprehensible action." A blow is not an action butan act. An action may consist of many acts.Admission for Admittance. "The price of admission is one dollar."Admit for Confess. To admit is to concede something affirmed. An unaccused offendercannot admit his guilt.Adopt. "He adopted a disguise." One may adopt a child, or an opinion, but a disguise isassumed.Advisedly for Advertently, Intentionally. "It was done advisedly" should mean that it wasdone after advice.Afford. It is not well to say "the fact affords a reasonable presumption"; "the houseafforded ample accommodation." The fact supplies a reasonable presumption. The houseoffered, or gave, ample accommodation.Afraid. Do not say, "I am afraid it will rain." Say, I fear that it will rain.Afterwards for Afterward.Aggravate for Irritate. "He aggravated me by his insolence." To aggravate is to augmentthe disagreeableness of something already disagreeable, or the badness of something bad.But a person cannot be aggravated, even if disagreeable or bad. Women are singularlyprone to misuse of this word.All of. "He gave all of his property." The words are contradictory: an entire thing cannotbe of itself. Omit the preposition.
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-11-07
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Write It Right: Large PrintA Little Blacklist of Literary Faultsby Ambrose BierceSeveral hundred of Bierce's pet peeves. Bierce's list includes some distinctions still familiar today-the which-that rule, less vs. fewer, lie and lay - but it also abounds in now-forgotten shibboleths: Ovation, the critics of his time agreed, meant a Roman triumph, not a round of applause. Reliable was an ill-formed coinage, not for the discriminating. Donate was pretentious, jeopardize should be jeopard, demean meant "comport oneself," not "belittle." And Bierce made up a few peeves of his own for good measure. We should say "a coating of paint," he instructed, not "a coat."
Write It Right A Little Blacklist Of Literary Faults By Ambrose Bierce
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
language : en
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Release Date : 2016-03-29
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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - circa 1914 was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters," and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce." Despite his reputation as a searing critic, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including the poets George Sterling and Herman George Scheffauer and the fiction writer W. C. Morrow. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories. His style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, impossible events, and the theme of war.
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Author : Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce runs through a catalog of misuse of the English language as it should be spoken and written by Americans. Though his list is 100 years old, he was so meticulous that it would benefit any writer to consult it.