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Word to the Wise: Untangling the Mix-Ups, Misuse and Myths of Language

Mark Broatch

Word to the Wise: Untangling the Mix-Ups, Misuse and Myths of Language

Mark Broatch
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Item #: UQ8522
Format: Paperback, 182 pages; 2018
This highly readable alphabetical compendium is "a book of confusables," its purpose to clarify the meanings and subtle differences of words that are often "misused, misunderstood or questionably employed." You'll find compelling examinations of abstruse vs. obtuse, bias vs. biased, compose vs. comprise, delusion vs. illusion, gambit vs. gamut…and so o... More
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This highly readable alphabetical compendium is "a book of confusables," its purpose to clarify the meanings and subtle differences of words that are often "misused, misunderstood or questionably employed." You'll find compelling examinations of abstruse vs. obtuse, bias vs. biased, compose vs. comprise, delusion vs. illusion, gambit vs. gamut…and so on. All the entries are interesting and straightforward, and help careful communicators say exactly what they mean!


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