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Synopsis
In 1989 the U.S. Naval Academy had to recall close to one thousand diplomas reading “United States Navel Academy.” Word Traps can save you from such disasters.
Every day, the most respected writers, journalists, newspapers, magazines, and advertisers make dozens of errors involving sound-alike and look-alike words. And they’re not alone. The errors that so many of us make in our writing and speaking are more often the result of poor word choice than of poor spelling skills. Although computer spell-checkers correct nonwords, typos, and spelling lapses, they can’t be counted on to catch these mistakes. At last, help is on the way. Word Traps is filled with thousands of sound-alike and look-alike words that plague the English language, words like:
- council and counsel
- incipient and insipient
- choral, chorale, coral, and corral
- right, rite, wright, and write
- sensual and sensuous
- prostate and prostrate
- alumna, alumnae, alumni, and alumnus
- awhile and a while
Easy to use, informative, interesting, and often amusing, Word Traps will improve your writing and reading skills, and will earn a well-worn place right next to the dictionary.
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About the Author
Both Jordan L. Linfield and Joseph Krevisky learned about life and language in the neighborhoods and schools of New York City, in the United States Army, and in graduate schools at leading universities. Linfield and Krevisky have held senior editorial positions at major publishing houses. Linfield has taught for more than 15 years in the City University system and Krevisky was for many years the principal of a leading alternative New York City high school. Among their books are The Bad Spellers' Dictionary and Word Traps. They have also contributed to the Webster's Universal Unabridged Dictionary.
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