Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English
Author(s): R L Trask
About Books, Writing, Publishing | Non Fiction
Can anything be described as 'very real'? There are so many obstacles on the way to writing clear, precise ('accurate'?) English ('english'?) that it is a wonder ('wander'?) anyone ('any one' or 'anyone'?) can be understood. Fortunately, all those who have ever feared being shown up by using one of the twenty worst words and phrases to be avoided at all costs, or confusing the complex with the complicated, can now relax and even enjoy a trouble-shooting guide to good writing. Trask's wonderfully readable and authoritative book adjudicates on hundreds of contentious issues from politically correct language to whether to write 'napkin' or 'serviette'.
In very good condition.
Product Information
Larry Trask is the author of such well-received books as The Penguin Guide to Punctuation and The Penguin Dictionary of English Grammar. He was born in western New York State in 1944 and came to England in 1970. He now teaches at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.22
- : 01 July 2002
- : 196mm X 130mm X 22mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2008
- : 01 February 2016
- : books
Special Fields
- : R L Trask
- : Paperback
- : 1st Paperback Edition
- : English
- : 428.2
- : very good
- : 320
