Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English Book

For all those who have ever feared being shown up by using one of the twenty worst words and phrases to be avoided at all costs, or confusing the complex with the complicated, this trouble-shooting guide to common errors in English should be able to help.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    Can anything be described as 'very real'? There are so many obstacles on the way to writing clear, precise ('accurate'?) English ('english'?) that it is a wonder ('wander'?) anyone ('any one' or 'anyone'?) can be understood. Fortunately, all those who have ever feared being shown up by using one of the twenty worst words and phrases to be avoided at all costs, or confusing the complex with the complicated, can now relax and even enjoy a trouble-shooting guide to good writing. Trask's wonderfully readable and authoritative book adjudicates on hundreds of contentious issues from politically correct language to whether to write 'napkin' or 'serviette'.

  • Penguin

    Can you describe something as very real ? Is it appropriate to use the phrase bon viveur ? Are you sometimes tempted to write the word utilize instead of use, or albeit when but will do? For anyone who has ever found written English a potential minefield of disasters, Mind the Gaffe will help you avoid the blunders and howlers which could leave your readers either bemused or rolling on the floor with laughter.

  • 0140514767
  • 9780140514766
  • R L Trask
  • 25 July 2002
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
  • New Ed
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