Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary - Hardcover

Lewis, Norman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385140851 ISBN 13: 9780385140850

Publisher: Doubleday, 1978

Synopsis

• Do You Always Use the Right Word?
• Can You Pronounce It -- and Spell It -- Correctly?
• Do You Know How to Avoid Illiterate Expressions?
• Do You Speak Grammatically, Without Embarrassing Mistakes?

If the answer to any of these questions is NO, you ought to read Word Power Made Easy. Now thoroughly revised to eliminate outmoded references and to to reflect current idioms, it remains the best and quickest means to a better vocabulary in the English language.

Each chapter ends with review. Each section ends with a progressive check. Numerous tests will help you increase and retain the knowledge you acquired. Word Power Made Easy does more than just ass words to you vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening knowledge as an integral part of the vocabulary building process.

About this title

About the Author:

Norman Lewis was born in 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, and died in 2006 in Whittier, California. He was an author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist, and a leading authority on English-language skills. In addition to Word Power Made Easy, his many bestselling books include 30 Days to Better English, 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, and several revised editions of Roget's Thesaurus.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0385140851
• ISBN 13: 9780385140850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 526