Common Errors in English Usage: Third Edition
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- Create Date：2021-11-05 09:53:17
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Paul Brians
- ISBN：1590282639
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Reviews
LInda L
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Love it that he gives some pronunciations for French/other languages。 Also confused terms， and mispronounced words。 Some made me laugh because I'm sure that somewhere along the line， I've screwed up！ Maybe now I won't。 Love it that he gives some pronunciations for French/other languages。 Also confused terms， and mispronounced words。 Some made me laugh because I'm sure that somewhere along the line， I've screwed up！ Maybe now I won't。 。。。more
Amazon Group
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awesome
Jean
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I concur with the reviewer on back cover who described this book as "cheerfully useful。" I have enjoyed including some of the common usage errors on my blog and will continue， noting Brians's explanations。 I can't take credit for his humorous comments and remarks about common errors， but these have made the book fun to read as well as informative。 I especially appreciate little tips on how to remember which of two commonly switched words is correct。The errors are listed in alpha order and also c I concur with the reviewer on back cover who described this book as "cheerfully useful。" I have enjoyed including some of the common usage errors on my blog and will continue， noting Brians's explanations。 I can't take credit for his humorous comments and remarks about common errors， but these have made the book fun to read as well as informative。 I especially appreciate little tips on how to remember which of two commonly switched words is correct。The errors are listed in alpha order and also cross-referenced。 At the back of the book are lists， such as "misheard expressions，" "American English vs。 British English，" "commonly misused expressions，" "redundancies，" etc。 And each of these items are explained in the body of the book。I have learned many word origins and rationales in this helpful book。 For instance， I learned that the X in Xmas is not an attempt to take "Christ out of Christmas，" but that the X is an early Greek symbol for Christ。 I also learned that the "ye" in "ye old book shoppe" was not originally pronounced as "ye" but instead as "the。" The Y being an early abbreviation for "th。" And it's "card sharp" not "card shark"; "anchors aweigh" not "anchors away。" And "presently" doesn't mean "in the present"; it means "soon。" Many other surprises and delights concerning words， expressions， and punctuation await the reader。 。。。more
Exavidreader
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Lists in alphabetical order common words that people get confused about。 In this advanced technological world， the internet provides an easier way to search for such words。
Cynthia Kennedy
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Good reference book。
Kendra
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Comprehensive and entertaining -- very well done！
Aaron Slack
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Extremely informative。 If do do any writing of any sort， reading this book is well worth your time。
Sasril
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I had it on bahasa Indonesia。study。。。study。。。。。。。。study
Christina
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Helped during my Master's quite a bit！ Helped during my Master's quite a bit！ 。。。more
Jacqueline
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