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The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618423156
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive pronouncement on more than 1,500 of our most commonly mispronounced words. From the language maven Charles Harrington Elster comes an authoritative and unapologetically opinionated look at American speech. As Elster points out, there is no sewer in connoisseur, no dip in diphthong, and no pronoun in pronunciation. The culmination of twenty years of observation and study, The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations is more than just a pronunciation guide. Elster discusses past and present usage, alternatives, analogies, and tendencies and offers plenty of advice, none of it objective. Whether you are adamant or ambivalent about the spoken word, Elster arms you with the information you need to decide what is acceptable for you. The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations has now been expanded and revised and features nearly 200 new words, including: al-Qaeda bruschetta commensurate coup de grace curriculum vita exacerbate gigabyte hara-kiri machismo Muslim Niger Pinochet Pulitzer sorbet tinnitus w (as in www-dot) and many, many more. Charles Harrington Elster is the pronunciation editor of Black's Law Dictionary and the author of various books about language, including Verbal Advantage, There's a Word for It, and What in the Word? He has been a guest columnist on language for the Boston Globe and the New York Times Magazine and a commentator on NPR and hundreds of radio shows around the country.

Verbal Advantage

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Random House Reference
ISBN 13 : 030756097X
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Verbal Advantage written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Random House Reference. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First time in book form! A successful program for teaching 3,500 vocabulary words that successful people need to know, based on America's #1 bestselling audio vocabulary series. "People judge you by the words you use." Millions of Americans know this phrase from radio and print advertising for the Verbal Advantage audio series, which has sold over 100,000 copies. Now this bestselling information is available for the first time in book form, in an easy-to-follow, graduated vocabulary building program that teaches an outstanding vocabulary in just ten steps. Unlike other vocabulary books, Verbal Advantage provides a complete learning experience, with clear explanations of meanings, word histories, usages, pronunciation, and more. Far more than a cram session for a standardized test, the book is designed as a lifetime vocabulary builder, teaching a vocabulary shared by only the top percentage of Americans, with a proven method that helps the knowledge last. A 10-step vocabulary program teaches 500 key words and 3,000 synonyms. Lively, accessible writing from an expert author and radio personality. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Is There a Cow in Moscow?

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780020283713
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Is There a Cow in Moscow? written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of 475 of the most frequently mispronounced works are accompanied by witty essays on how the words have been misused in everyday life

There's a Word for It!

Author : Charles Harringto Elster
Publisher : Gallery Books
ISBN 13 : 9780671778583
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book There's a Word for It! written by Charles Harringto Elster and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word lovers will delight in this collection of unusual, useful words and their definitions by a man William Safire calls "ek-Stror-di-ner-ee". "Anyone who enjoys playing with the English language will find this compendium charming and at times hysterical".--"Booklist".

What in the Word?

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156031974
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (319 download)

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Book Synopsis What in the Word? by : Charles Harrington Elster

Download or read book What in the Word? written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a humorous look at the English language, including information on word and phrase origins, slang, style, usage, punctuation, and pronunciation.

Word Workout

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1250020891
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Word Workout written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word Workout is a practical book for building vocabulary—a graduated program featuring thousands of words that begins with those known by most college graduates and ascends to words known only by the most educated, intelligent, and well-read adults. This workout is a comprehensive program, chock-full of information about synonyms, antonyms, and word origins, and replete with advice on proper usage and pronunciation. There are also creative review quizzes at each step of the way to measure your progress and reinforce learning. Unlike other vocabulary books, Word Workout provides a complete learning experience with clear explanations and surefire methods to retain new knowledge. Far more than a cram session for a standardized test, this book is designed as a lifetime vocabulary builder, featuring words used by the top tier of literate Americans, laid out in ten accessible chapters designed for anyone who is looking for some serious verbal exercise. From "avowal" to "proselytize," from "demagogue" to "mendicant," Charles Harrington Elster has carefully picked the words you need to know, and given you an easy, fast, and fail-safe way to learn and remember them.

Tooth and Nail

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156013826
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Tooth and Nail written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn more than 1,300 essential test words by reading a mesmerizing mystery"--Cover

The Lost Art of the Great Speech

Author : Richard Dowis
Publisher : Amacom Books
ISBN 13 : 9780814470541
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Art of the Great Speech written by Richard Dowis and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Splashy slides, confident body language, and a lot of eye contact are fine and well. But if a speech is rambling, illogical, or just plain boring, the impact will be lost. Now everyone can learn to give powerful, on-target speeches that capture an audience's attention and drive home a message. The key is not just in the delivery techniques, but in tapping into the power of language. Prepared by an award-winning writer, this authoritative speech-writing guide covers every essential element of a great speech, including outlining and organizing, beginning with a bang, making use of action verbs and vivid nouns, and handling questions from the audience. Plus, the book includes excerpts from some of history's most memorable speeches--eloquent words to contemplate and emulate."

Test of Time

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156011372
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Test of Time written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Page 6A fun and effective study method for students who take the annual SAT and ACT, this captivating time-travel adventure incorporates vocabulary words from the tests into the story.

The Accidents of Style

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1429912804
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Accidents of Style written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fasten your seat belt for a crash course in careful usage.... Just like automobile accidents, accidents of style occur all over the English-speaking world, in print and on the Internet, thousands of times every day. They range from minor fender benders, such as confusing their and there, to serious smashups, such as misusing sensual for sensuous or writing loathe when you mean loath. Charles Harrington Elster shows you how to navigate the hairpin turns of grammar, diction, spelling, and punctuation with an entertaining driver's manual covering 350 common word hazards and infractions, arranged in order of complexity for writers of all levels. Elster illustrates these surprisingly common accidents with quotations from numerous print and online publications, many of them highly regarded---which perhaps should make us feel better: If the horrendous redundancy close proximity and the odious construction what it is, is have appeared in The New York Times, maybe our own accidents will be forgiven. But that shouldn't keep us from aspiring to accident-free writing and speaking. If you want to get on the road to writing well, The Accidents of Style will help you drive home what you want to say.

Foreignisms

Author : Tad Tuleja
Publisher : New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Foreignisms written by Tad Tuleja and published by New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan. This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 1,000 entries, a guide to pronunciation, examples and guidance on use in writing and speaking, Foreignisms not only educates and entertains but helps one incorporate les mots justes into conversation.

How to Tell Fate from Destiny

Author : Charles Harrington Elster
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 1328583236
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book How to Tell Fate from Destiny written by Charles Harrington Elster and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In this part-thesaurus, part-hilarious manual of style, Elster breaks down the most common mistakes of the English language.”—Booklist If you have trouble distinguishing the verbs imitate and emulate, the relative pronouns that and which, or the adjectives pliant, pliable, and supple, never fear—How to Tell Fate from Destiny is here to help! With more than 500 headwords, the book is replete with advice on how to differentiate commonly confused words and steer clear of verbal trouble. Whether you’re a boomer, a Gen-Xer, or a millennial, if you peruse, browse, or even skim these spindrift pages you will (not shall) become versed in the fine art of differentiation. You will learn, for example, how to tell whether you suffer from pride, vanity, or hubris how to tell whether you’re contagious or infectious how to tell if you’re pitiful or pitiable how to tell if you’re self-centered or self-absorbed how to live an ethical life in a moral universe “This appealing book will help readers over countless lexical stumbling blocks, and encourage clearer and more precise speaking and writing.”—Publishers Weekly “The author of this charming and useful book has made a career out of literary finesse. In his latest effort to ‘clarify the mind and general discourse,’ the ‘professional distinctioneer’ offers witty, wise advice on the right way to deploy some of the English language’s trickiest words, from a and an to zero, zeros, zeroes.”—Yale Alumni Magazine

A Man of My Words

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312317867
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book A Man of My Words written by Richard Lederer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection of essays on the joys and curiosities of the English language, from renowned word expert Richard Lederer.

Tono-Bungay

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Tono-Bungay written by H. G. Wells and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tono-Bungay is a semiautobiographical novel written by H. G. Wells. It is narrated by George Ponderevo, who is persuaded to help develop the business of selling Tono-Bungay, a patent medicine created by his uncle Edward. George devotes seven years to organizing the production and manufacture of the product, even though he believes it is "a damned swindle".

Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas

Author : Sharon Kane
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 135181267X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas written by Sharon Kane and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 3rd Edition of Literacy & Learning in the Content Areas helps readers build the knowledge, motivation, tools, and confidence they need as they integrate literacy into their middle and high school content area classrooms. Its unique approach to teaching content area literacy actively engages preservice and practicing teachers in reading and writing and the very activities that they will use to teach literacy to their own studentsin middle and high school classrooms . Rather than passively learning about strategies for incorporating content area literacy activities, readers get hands-on experience in such techniques as mapping/webbing, anticipation guides, booktalks, class websites, and journal writing and reflection. Readers also learn how to integrate children's and young adult literature, primary sources, biographies, essays, poetry, and online content, communities, and websites into their classrooms. Each chapter offers concrete teaching examples and practical suggestions to help make literacy relevant to students' content area learning. Author Sharon Kane demonstrates how relevant reading, writing, speaking, listening, and visual learning activities can improve learning in content area subjects and at the same time help readers meet national content knowledge standards and benchmarks.

Nitty-Gritty Grammar

Author : Edith Hope Fine
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 0307785610
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Nitty-Gritty Grammar written by Edith Hope Fine and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-follow guide for all of your grammar needs. With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage.

An Indian Englishman

Author : Jack Gibson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435734610
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book An Indian Englishman written by Jack Gibson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Travers Mends (Jack) Gibson was born on March 3, 1908 and died on October 23, 1994 at the age of 86.In some ways, Jack was the last Indian Englishman. He came ten years before independence and stayed on 47 years after it, rendering dedicated service to the country of his adoption for 57 years. Jack's journey started as a school teacher at The Doon School. He was the last English Principal of Mayo College and the last English President of the Himalayan Club. He was the last, and for most of the time the only English resident of Ajmer. He must have been just about the last Englishman to have been honored by both the British and Indian Governments.Brij Sharma is a journalist based in Bahrain. He spent much of his childhood and youth in Dehra Dun, and while not a product of The Doon School, he has known its campus, the surroundings of the city and much of the mountainous terrain described in Gibson's letters.http://www.jtmgibson.com