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A fresh new look for Bill Bryson's indispensable word companion What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word for over twenty years. So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives, are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say 'an historic day', this superb book is the place to find out.
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With Troublesome Words, bestselling writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling. What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word for over twenty years. So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives, are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say 'an historic day', this superb book is the place to find out. %%%What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word for over twenty years. So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives, are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say 'an historic day', this superb book is the place to find out.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141040394
eBay Product ID (ePID)90819784
Product Key Features
Book TitleTroublesome Words
AuthorBill Bryson
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
GenreHumor
Number of Pages256 Pages
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Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight181g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorBill Bryson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 05 Jan, 2023
Easy reading, corrects false assumptions with light humourous remarks
Condition quality as described. Great value for money (little more than the cost of postage).Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Apr, 2018
What a great book.
Bill Brysons a great writer and a writer of great books. I would recommend this book to all.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 19 Sep, 2019
Good read
Bill Bryson can’t fail to entertain even with a reference bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 03 Jun, 2024
All good thanks
All good thanksVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Jun, 2018
entertaining as always
entertaining as alwaysVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 08 Apr, 2023
Entertaining
EntertainingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Dec, 2024
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