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Who's Whose?
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Description for Who's Whose?
hardcover. 'Who's Whose?' is an entertaining and straightforward guide to the most commonly confused words in English today, with real examples of good and bad usage to make differences crystal-clear. So if you mistrust (or distrust?) your spellchecker and want to maintain or improve your written English, this is a helpful companion for you. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374. Keywords: "Reference & Languages - Language - General,Subjects - Reference - Language - General"
The English language is a minefield, full of words that look alike and sound alike but mean different things. If you mistrust (or distrust?) your spellchecker and have ever been fazed (or phased?) by the difference between enquire and inquire, or complementary and complimentary, this is the perfect companion for you.
The English language is a minefield, full of words that look alike and sound alike but mean different things. If you mistrust (or distrust?) your spellchecker and have ever been fazed (or phased?) by the difference between enquire and inquire, or complementary and complimentary, this is the perfect companion for you.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747572312
SKU
KT00001339
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Philip Gooden read English at Magdalen College, Oxford, and then taught at secondary level for many years. In 2001 he became a full-time writer. He is the author of the Nick Revill series, a sequence of historical mysteries based in Elizabethan London and set around Shakespeare's Globe theatre. Titles so far published are Sleep of Death, Death of Kings, ... Read more
Reviews for Who's Whose?
'Who's Whose: A No-Nonsense Guide to Easily Confused Words is that fairly rare thing - a genuinely useful reference book that deserves a handy place on the desk of everyone who wants to use the right word for the job.' Ian Mayes, The Guardian 'A jolly little book... A useful handbook to the booby traps that lie in wait ... Read more