Use the Right Word: Your Quick & Easy Guide to 158 Words Most Often Confused or Misused - Softcover

Ragno, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1537049666 ISBN 13: 9781537049663

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

QUICK & EASY GUIDE TO 158 WORDS COMMONLY CONFUSED OR MISUSED

Do you know the most common error made by today's writers? If you're thinking, "mistakes in spelling," that's logical. English spellings are far from being entirely phonetic, and for many years misspellings topped the list of writing errors - and by a large margin. But that's no longer true. Along with the increasing use of computers as a writing tool has come a decreasing number of spelling errors.
Wrong words are hard to catch -- even with an editing program -- because they are legitimate words and are spelled correctly. Thus, it is up to the writer to recognize them and replace them with the right words.

What kinds of words are "wrong words"?

• Some sound the same as the "right words" but are spelled differently and have a different meaning. E.g., their, there, they're.
• Some have been used incorrectly so often that the wrong usage "sounds right. " E.g., "Eat less calories to lose weight." (should be fewer)
• Some have a similar or related meaning to the "right word," but with a distinct difference. E.g., libel, slander.
  

 USE THE RIGHT WORD is designed to help you . . .

• Recognize the words you are most likely to confuse or misuse. 
   E.g. pairs of easily confused words are arranged alphabetically in the Table of Contents and the Index.

• Quickly understand the distinction between the "wrong word" and its corresponding "right word."
    E.g., each entry includes dictionary definitions with example sentences plus additional examples of real use by well-known people.

• Remember the distinction between the wrong word and corresponding right word through memorable examples of correct usage by well-known people.
   E.g.,the entry for accept versus except includes additional example sentences by: George Carlin, Albert Einstein, Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Robinson, Benjamin Franklin, and Oscar Wilde.
  



BONUS SECTION! 495 WORDS THAT ARE COMMONLY MISSPELLED

About this title

From the Author:

Hint: Browse the Table of Contents or Index to note the words  you are likely to confuse or misuse. Concentrate on the definitions and usage of those words.
Hint: Keep this handy guide close by when you are writing. Use it to check definitions and usage of suspected words.  You'll find it is a quicker, easier way to check possible wrong words than looking them up on your computer or in yout dictionary/ 

From the Back Cover:

Quick & easy guide to the 158 words most commonly comfused or misused.BONUS! 495 words that are commonly misspelled.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1537049666
• ISBN 13: 9781537049663
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116