Troublesome Words

Informationen zum Autor Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up there, but has spent most of his adult life in Britain. He has worked for a number of newspapers, including The Times and the Independent. His books on the English language include Mother Tongue and Troublesome Words , both published by Penguin. Bill Bryson is the author of several bestsellers including The Lost Continent, Neither Here Nor There, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Big Country, Down Under, A Short History of Nearly Everything, One Summer: America 1927 and his memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid . His most recent bestseller is The Road to Little Dribblin g. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A guide to the problems of English usage and spelling. It lets you discover whether you should care about split infinitives, or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say 'an historic day'.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bill Bryson
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2011
• EAN: 9780141040394
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104039-4
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua; Saggistica > Arte, letteratura > Lingua: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Dizionari di lingua straniera; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Humour, Usage and grammar guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary