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Book The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations

Download or read book The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive pronouncement on more than 1,500 of our most commonly mispronounced words. From the language maven Charles Harrington Elster comes an authoritative and unapologetically opinionated look at American speech. As Elster points out, there is no sewer in connoisseur, no dip in diphthong, and no pronoun in pronunciation. The culmination of twenty years of observation and study, The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations is more than just a pronunciation guide. Elster discusses past and present usage, alternatives, analogies, and tendencies and offers plenty of advice, none of it objective. Whether you are adamant or ambivalent about the spoken word, Elster arms you with the information you need to decide what is acceptable for you. The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations has now been expanded and revised and features nearly 200 new words, including: al-Qaeda bruschetta commensurate coup de grace curriculum vita exacerbate gigabyte hara-kiri machismo Muslim Niger Pinochet Pulitzer sorbet tinnitus w (as in www-dot) and many, many more. Charles Harrington Elster is the pronunciation editor of Black's Law Dictionary and the author of various books about language, including Verbal Advantage, There's a Word for It, and What in the Word? He has been a guest columnist on language for the Boston Globe and the New York Times Magazine and a commentator on NPR and hundreds of radio shows around the country.

Book The New York Times Book Review

Download or read book The New York Times Book Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book THE WORDS OF MEDICINE

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Fortuine
  • Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
  • Release : 2000-01-01
  • ISBN : 0398083134
  • Pages : 441 pages

Download or read book THE WORDS OF MEDICINE written by Robert Fortuine and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a history of the medical vocabulary presented in topical (rather than dictionary) form. While most other books on medical words are arranged as dictionaries, rather than topically, and are much more selective in their presentation, this book entertains a comprehensive and historical approach to the subject. It is written primarily for physicians, biomedical scientists, and medical students, but should also appeal to anyone in the health professions or biological sciences with a 'feel' for medical history and the English language. It will also be useful to some teachers of English or linguistics. The idea of the book developed over at least a decade, and brings together for the author a lifelong interest in words, classical and modern languages, and the history of medicine. The purpose is not only to foster the more precise use of the language of medicine by doctors and biomedical scientists, but also to enhance their enjoyment of the vocabulary they use professionally on a daily basis. Readers will find that the book contains a wealth of knowledge and provides for some very pleasurable reading.

Book The Elements of Expression

Download or read book The Elements of Expression written by Arthur Plotnik and published by Cleis Press. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a guide to writing and speaking expressively, offering advice on such topics as high energy verbs, figures of speech, syntax, word patterns, and vocabulary.

Book Academic Writing as If Readers Matter

Download or read book Academic Writing as If Readers Matter written by Leonard Cassuto and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A short, punchy, prescriptive guide to academic style and writing well for scholars-from students to professors, and humanists to scientists-interested in or in need of becoming better writers"--

Book How to Say it and Write it Correctly Now  The Ultimate Reference Book  Containing Practical Grammar  Punctuation    Spelling Rules  Homonyms  Medical Terms  Layperson s Legal Dictionary  Major Art Terms    And More

Download or read book How to Say it and Write it Correctly Now The Ultimate Reference Book Containing Practical Grammar Punctuation Spelling Rules Homonyms Medical Terms Layperson s Legal Dictionary Major Art Terms And More written by Santo J. Aurelio and published by BookPros, LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a reference guide designed to help readers become confident English speakers and writers.

Book Plain English in a Complex Society

Download or read book Plain English in a Complex Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Book Publishing Record

Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New Library Key

Download or read book The New Library Key written by Margaret Gerry Cook and published by New York : H. W. Wilson Company. This book was released on 1975 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Psychotherapy   Social Science Review

Download or read book Psychotherapy Social Science Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Superior Person s Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words

Download or read book The Superior Person s Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words written by Peter Bowler and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1992 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Superior Person's Book of Words (over 100,000 hardcover copies in print). In the words of the author, The format and the objectives are the same as before. I wish to equip the person in the street with new and better verbal weapons. Features 600 words. 15 line illustrations.

Book Book Review Digest

Download or read book Book Review Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 2004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Verbatim

Download or read book Verbatim written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Book Catalog of the Library and Information Services Division  Subject index

Download or read book Book Catalog of the Library and Information Services Division Subject index written by Environmental Science Information Center. Library and Information Services Division and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Elements of Expression

Download or read book The Elements of Expression written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Library of Congress Catalog

Download or read book Library of Congress Catalog written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.