Troublesome Words

Bill Bryson

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English

Penguin
31 May 2010

Dictionaries; Usage & grammar guides; Reference

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.

By: Bill Bryson
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 184g
ISBN: 9780141040394
ISBN 10: 0141040394
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 31 May 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and won the Aventis Prize for Science Books and the Descartes Science Communication Prize. His latest book is Shakespeare: The World as a Stage.