Troublesome words / Bill Bryson.

By:

Bryson, Bill

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Penguin, 2002.Edition: 3 edDescription: xi, 241 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780141001357
9780141040394

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

428 22

LOC classification:

PE1460 .B785 2002

Other classification:

18.04

Summary: A clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word. So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives or are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas, this is the place to find out.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Executive Office - 2nd Floor General Collection	428 BR.T 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	0003843

Originally published as: The Penguin dictionary of troublesome words, 1984.

Previous edition: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word. So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives or are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas, this is the place to find out.

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