Product Details
ISBN: 9780141001357
Category: Language Usage Guides
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2002-09-26
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Illustrations: bibliography, glossary
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Pages: 256
Dimensions (mm): 198x129x16mm
Weight: 174g
Troublesome Words
With Troublesome Words , journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to problems of English usage and spelling. Originally published as The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words , it has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word for nearly twenty years. Now fully updated and revised, it is better than ever. So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives, are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say 'an historic day', this superb book is the place to find out.