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Who's whose? : a no-nonsense guide to easily confused words

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"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.

The Embarrassment Rating involved in each mistake is included, together with an explanation of why the confusion happens and how to avoid it in the future.

So, if you mistrust (or distrust!) your spellchecker and want to maintain or improve your written English, this is the perfect companion for you.

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A & C Black Publishers Ltd
0713682345 / 9780713682342
Paperback / softback
428.1
31/03/2007
United Kingdom
English
v, 250 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Bloomsbury, 2004.
A comprehensive and entertaining A-Z guide '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.' The Guardian 'A jolly little book A useful handbook to the booby traps that lie in wait for us all, including such old favourites as imply/infer, uninterested/ disinterested, discreet/ discrete, fazed/phased and so on.' Independent on Sunday 'For those muddled about standard English If you ever effect instead of affect, or think bears are grisly and bones beneath the patio are grizzly, this masterly and compelling, rathe
A comprehensive and entertaining A-Z guide '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.' The Guardian 'A jolly little book A useful handbook to the booby traps that lie in wait for us all, including such old favourites as imply/infer, uninterested/ disinterested, discreet/ discrete, fazed/phased and so on.' Independent on Sunday 'For those muddled about standard English If you ever effect instead of affect, or think bears are grisly and bones beneath the patio are grizzly, this masterly and compelling, rathe 2AB English, CBG Usage & grammar guides