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100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles Kindle Edition

by Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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Eliminate mistakes and improve your vocabulary with this engaging guide to the world’s most misused words.
 
Do you know your delegate from your relegate, your cachet from your cache?
 
At one time or another we’ve all suffered the embarrassment of having our remarks corrected by a family member, colleague, or stranger. 100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles presents fifty pairs of words that people have trouble getting right and keeping straight—words that tend to get corrected when we’re least expecting it.
 
These words include near-synonyms—words with subtle but important distinctions in meaning—like baleful vs. baneful, and effectual vs. efficacious. Other pairings bring together notorious sound-alikes, like faze (bother) vs. phase (stage), pour (put in fluid) vs. pore (read closely), and waive (forgo) vs. wave (say hello). The book also addresses some classic spelling blunders and “nonwords,” like beyond the pail, full reign, injust, and inobstrusive.
 
Each word has a definition and a pronunciation, and most have etymologies explaining the word’s origin. The mix-ups themselves are described in fun-to-read notes that provide clear solutions to help readers avoid making needless, uncomfortable gaffes.
 
100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles gives readers the chance to improve their command of words that are often heard but just as often misused.
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The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries are a team of professional lexicographers with advanced degrees in various scholarly fields. The editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work with expert consultants to ensure that the content of our publications is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00B3M3SSA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Reference (September 15, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 15, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2610 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 197 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 25 ratings

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Lisa K. Tabor
5.0 out of 5 stars Always a good read through
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I enjoy and benefit from this book and it’s series. It makes me rethink how I use language and enhances my ability to write imagery as an author.
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Wray
5.0 out of 5 stars A nice surprise
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2018
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I admit to being a bit of a word geek, but even so there is plenty of interesting and informative info here. I read it for enjoyment and education and wasn't disappointed.
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Mitchell M. Sackson
3.0 out of 5 stars Most words seemed to be very common. Some of ...
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Most words seemed to be very common. Some of the 'mix-ups' presented did not appear to be common, as far as I am oncerned.
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I bought this book along with a couple of others in the series for my daughter to use to study for spelling bee. It was a very useful tool.
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Just a dictionary.
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Good to look at every now and then.
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We used this for homeschool, and it teaches words that you wouldnt usually think of teaching middle or high school kids
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