Accidents of Style: Good Advice on How Not to Write Badly

by Charles Harrington Elster

Book Overview

Fasten your seat belt for a crash course in careful usage.... Just like automobile accidents, accidents of style occur all over the English-speaking world, in print and on the Internet, thousands of times every day. They range from minor fender benders, such as confusing their and there, to serious smashups, such as misusing sensual for sensuous or writing loathe when you mean loath . Charles Harrington Elster shows you how to navigate the hairpin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312613008
• ISBN13: 9780312613006
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"