100 Words - 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses

Editors Of The American Heritage Dictionaries

• 27 september 2016
• 9780547350264

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Avoid vocabulary mistakes with this fun guide to tricky and troublesome words!

With concise and authoritative usage notes from the editors of the American Heritage® Dictionaries, this guide explains common English-language errors—whether it's mixing up affect and effect; blatant and flagrant; or disinterested and uninterested, or stumbling over sound-alikes including discrete/ discreet or principal/ principle.

Other notes tackle such classic irritants as hopefully, impact, and aggravate, as well as problematic words like peruse and presently.

A great read for anyone who cares about getting it right, 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses can help keep writers and speakers on the up-and-up!