Bibliograph

That doesn't mean what you think it means, the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories, Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras

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That doesn't mean what you think it means, the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories, Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

That doesn't mean what you think it means

Oclc number

1015811150

Responsibility statement

Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras

Sub title

the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories

Summary

"An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

List of entries A-W -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The e.g. and i.e. problem : i.e., people using them wrong, e.g., this usage of e.g. -- Something stinks : stink/stank/stunk and other strong verbs made weak -- A, AE, I, or S : problematic plurals in English words inherited from Latin and Greek -- To me, or not to me : the I/me, he/him, she/her, we/us issue -- To whom it may concern, or who's on first : the who/whom conundrum -- The lie/lay confusion : we're not taking it lying (Not laying) down! -- About the authors

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