What in the Word?: Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language - Charles Harrington Elster

Descriere What in the Word?: Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language - Charles Harrington Elster

Are you so sure about assure, ensure, and insure? Can you determine whether a knob of butter is equivalent to a lump or a pat or a scosh? Can you say which word in the English language has the most definitions, or who put the H in Jesus H. Christ? \n If you can't, be assured that Charles Harrington Elster, author of several well-loved works on language, can--and does in his latest book, a delightfully designed compendium of the most common, interesting, and entertaining conundrums in our language. Drawing upon esoteric sources and his own inimitable expertise, Elster uses a lively question-and-answer format to cover a variety of topics--word and phrase origins, slang, style, usage, punctuation, and pronunciation. Every chapter features original brainteasers, challenging puzzles, and a trove of literary trivia.\n

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Collins Reference

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ENSTK

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9780156031974

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