- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: AAndC Black UK; 1 edition (May 15 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0713682345
- ISBN-13: 978-0713682342
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,363,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"If you ever effect instead of affect, or think bears are grisly and bones beneath the patio are grizzly, this masterly and compelling ... volume is for you." -- Times
Book Description
Who's Whose? is a comprehensive and entertaining A-Z guide to the most commonly confused words in English, with real examples of good and bad usage.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
She is very feminine, you are a bit effeminate and I am effete, May 28 2007
By jose.r-s - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Who's Whose?: A No-Nonsense Guide to Easily Confused Words (Hardcover)
Very useful and highly entertaining book. Good explanations, clear examples and well written.However, it has two problems that should cost a star each:
- The layout of the pages is quite bad. A reference book like this cannot afford this type of blunder. In all cases it is very difficult to quickly find the actual definition of the words under study. You need to read the whole thing to be able to find it.
- Some of the pitfalls are a bit ludicrous. Do people really confuse Libertarian with Libertine? Industrial with Industrious? Livid with Lurid? Ad hoc with Ad lib? De facto with de jure? In cases like this the author just shows examples of correct usage--perhaps because it would be very difficult to find examples of incorrect usage.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good read, Nov 19 2009
By Malcolm - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Who's Whose?: A No-Nonsense Guide to Easily Confused Words (Hardcover)
Can be helpful as a guide to correct word usage, but a number of examples are words not often used and the perspective seems to be of British English. However, regardless of any practical applications, if one is at all linguistically inclined the book is interesting in itself and written in a breezy and entertaining style.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Useful and fun, May 24 2007
By reader "reader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Who's Whose?: A No-Nonsense Guide to Easily Confused Words (Hardcover)
The book is clear and interesting. Fun to flip through and easy to use as a reference. Good choice.
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