100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses

• Author(s): Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries,
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Pages: 128
• ISBN_10: 0547350260
  ISBN_13: 9780547350264
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Reference / Word Lists , Language Arts & Disciplines / Spelling & Vocabulary , Language Arts & Disciplines / Editing & Proofreading ,

Description:... Avoid vocabulary mistakes with this fun guide to tricky and troublesome words!

With concise and authoritative usage notes from the editors of the American Heritage® Dictionaries, this guide explains common English-language errors—whether it’s mixing up affect and effect; blatant and flagrant; or disinterested and uninterested, or stumbling over sound-alikes including discrete/discreet or principal/principle.

Other notes tackle such classic irritants as hopefully, impact, and aggravate, as well as problematic words like peruse and presently.

A great read for anyone who cares about getting it right, 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses can help keep writers and speakers on the up-and-up!