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The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words

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 The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words


基本信息·出版社:McGraw-Hill
·页码:530 页
·出版日期:2006年06月
·ISBN:0071459855
·International Standard Book Number:0071459855
·条形码:9780071459853
·EAN:9780071459853
·版本:第1版
·装帧:平装
·正文语种:英语
·丛书名:McGraw-Hill Dictionary of

内容简介

Learn to spell good well

Is there an "e" in judgment? When do you imply rather than infer? The only resource that answers both these questions is The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words. It's the only book that includes commonly misspelled words and a comprehensive usage guide in one handy volume. Featured are 7,000 of the most commonly misspelled words with their incorrect and correct spellings and a guide to demystifying homophones (cite vs. site), grammatically troublesome words (can vs. may), and subtly different words (imply vs. infer).


作者简介

Deborah K. Williams and David Downing are both English instructors and the respected authors of English-language reference books.


专业书评

Increase your word power with this heavy-duty two-in-one guide



If you're tired of being affected by the effects of commonly confused and easily misspelled words, then give your spell-checker a break and hit the brakes on those mistakes, because this handy reference will help you separate the gorillas from the guerillas and figure out how many S's you need to embarrass even the sharpest connoisseur of misspellings.



Written by English-language experts and instructors David Downing and Deborah K. Williams, The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words is actually two big references in one volume. You'll get both a speller's dictionary and a dictionary of easily confused words, giving you:



20,000 entries covering the 7,000 most commonly misspelled words in English
Tips for remembering how to spell the trickiest words
Proper pronunciations, short definitions, and correct examples of usage
A guide to demystifying homophones (cite vs. site)
Advice for outsmarting grammatically troublesome words
Strategies for mastering subtly different words (imply vs. infer) . . . and more


So whether you're talking about the weather or writing to your favorite playwright, you'll be exhilarated by this enlightening, relevant, and indispensable guide to using the right word and writing it correctly every time.

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