Download or read book Dictionary of Disagreeable English written by Robert Hartwell Fiske and published by Writer's Digest Books. This book was released on 2006-06-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grumbling Grammarian is back with a revised and expanded edition of The Dictionary of Disagreeable English. In this second edition, Robert Hartwell Fiske has added more language blunders, additional witty commentary, and a new feature that includes frequently asked questions about language. Fiske rails against "laxicographers and ding-a-linguists" who, with their misguided thinking, actually promote the dissolution of the English language. He also illustrates why dictionaries don't always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word. With concise instruction and numerous examples of misused words, Fiske makes it easier than ever to learn from others' mistakes.
Download or read book Robert Hartwell Fiske s Dictionary of Unendurable English written by Robert Hartwell Fiske and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive disctionary of common misusages illustrates the right way and the wrong way to use language and explores why dictionaries do not always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word.
Download or read book Robert Hartwell Fiske s Dictionary of Unendurable English written by Robert Hartwell Fiske and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Hartwell Fiske aims to eliminate laxity in language today by way of this witty and engaging reference. Fiske rails against "laxicographers and ding-a-linguists" who, with their misguided thinking, actually promote the dissolution of the English language. He also illustrates why dictionaries don't always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word. With concise instruction and numerous examples of misused words, Fiske makes it easier than ever to learn from others' mistakes. This comprehensive dictionary of common misusages lays bare the mistakes we all make every day. Robert Hartwell Fiske, the grumbling grammarian of our time, shows you the definitive right way and wrong way to use language--and illustrates why dictionaries don't always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word.
Download or read book The Encyclopd ic Dictionary written by Robert Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book That s Not English written by Erin Moore and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expat’s witty and insightful exploration of English and American cultural differences through the lens of language that will leave readers gobsmacked In That’s Not English, the seemingly superficial differences between British and American English open the door to a deeper exploration of a historic and fascinating cultural divide. In each of the thirty chapters, Erin Moore explains a different word we use that says more about us than we think. For example, "Quite" exposes the tension between English reserve and American enthusiasm; in "Moreish," she addresses our snacking habits. In "Partner," she examines marriage equality; in "Pull," the theme is dating and sex; "Cheers" is about drinking; and "Knackered" covers how we raise our kids. The result is a cultural history in miniature and an expatriate’s survival guide. American by birth, Moore is a former book editor who specialized in spotting British books—including Eats, Shoots & Leaves—for the US market. She’s spent the last seven years living in England with her Anglo American husband and a small daughter with an English accent. That’s Not English is the perfect companion for modern Anglophiles and the ten million British and American travelers who visit one another’s countries each year.
Download or read book Sailing written by Henry Beard and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printed in an irresistible new gift format, this pocket dictionary brings new meaning to the things said at sea. The cleverly essential volume defines and illustrates the terms of sailing, from "ahoy" to "zephyr". Drawings throughout.
Download or read book The Encyclopaedic Dictionary written by Robert Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclop dic Dictionary written by Robert Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vocabula Bound written by Robert Hartwell Fiske and published by Marion Street Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty-five essays ranging in topic from the importance of teaching poetry to the 'secret nature' of nicknames, as well as twenty-six poems.
Download or read book The Encyclopaedic Dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary written by Robert Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Universal Dictionary of the English Language written by Robert Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 1356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elegant English written by Robert Hartwell Fiske and published by Vocabula Books. This book was released on 2014-07-20 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the superfluity of uninspired, careless, grammatically incorrect, slang-ridden English makes plain, elegant English is English rarely heard, English seldom seen. Countless occasions where elegant English might have been used -- indeed, ought to have been used -- by a president or politician, a novelist or journalist, a luminary or other notable, have passed with bland, if not bumbling, speech or writing.The point of this book is to show that the language can, indeed, be spoken or written with grace and polish -- qualities that much contemporary English is bereft of and could benefit from.Elegant English is exhilarating; it stirs our thoughts and feelings as ably as everyday English blurs them.
Download or read book The American Encyclop dic Dictionary written by S. J. Herrtage and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Far from the Madding Gerund and Other Dispatches from Language Log written by Mark Liberman and published by William, James. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 101 Elegant Paragraphs written by Robert Hartwell Fiske and published by Vocabula Communications Company. This book was released on 2005 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Imperial Encyclopaedic Dictionary written by Robert Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
