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