Right, Wrong, and Risky
by Mark Davidson
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Provides straightforward information about American-English word usages, spelling, grammar, and punctuation, in an up-to-date guide that provides etymologies for common terms and phrases, word lore, and discussions of why certain rules are disputed by usage authorities.Tags
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Good dictionary style listing of difficult usages.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Right, Wrong, and Risky
- Original publication date
- 2005
- Epigraph
- The greatest possible merit of style is, of course, to make the words absolutely disappear into the thought.
—Nathaniel Hawthorne
The greatest problem about communication is the illusion that is has been accomplished.
—George Bernard Shaw
[Language] is the most vivid and crucial key to identity. It reveals the private identify, and connects one with, or divorces one from, the larger public, or communal identity.
—Jame Baldwin - Dedication
- To Kubeshini
- First words
- If you fail words, they will fail you.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)For dramatic motion downward, use dive, swoop, plunge, or plummet.
- Blurbers
- Bradbury, Ray; Baron, Dennis; Petal, Marvin; Cray, Ed; Pipher, Mary
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
