How to Tell Fate from Destiny
And Other Skillful Word Distinctions
In this part-thesaurus, part-hilarious manual of style, Elster breaks down the most common mistakes of the English language.-Booklist If you have trouble distinguishing the verbs imitate and emulate, the relative pronouns that and which, or the adjectives pliant, pliable, and supple, never fear-How to Tell Fate from Destiny is here to help! With more than 500 headwords, the book is replete with advice on how to differentiate commonly confused words and steer clear of verbal trouble. Whether you're a boomer, a Gen-Xer, or a millennial, if you peruse, browse, or even skim these spindrift pages you will (not shall) become versed in the fine art…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-328-58323-9
- EAN: 9781328583239
- Produktnummer: 29125844
- Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 323 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'765 KB
Über den Autor
For more than thirty years, CHARLES HARRINGTON ELSTER has been writing and commenting about the English language for a general audience, publishing eleven books and more than three hundred articles on vocabulary, pronunciation, and usage.
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