How to Tell Fate from Destiny: And Other Skillful Word Distinctions - Couverture souple

Harrington Elster, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1328884074 ISBN 13 : 9781328884077

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018

Synopsis

If you have trouble distinguishing the verbs imitate and emulate, the relative pronouns that and which, or the adjectives pliant, pliable, and supple, never fear—How to Tell Fate from Destiny is here to help! With more than 500 headwords, the book is replete with advice on how to differentiate commonly confused words and steer clear of verbal trouble.

Whether you’re a boomer, a Gen-Xer, or a millennial, if you peruse, browse, or even skim these spindrift pages you will (not shall) become versed in the fine art of differentiation. You will learn, for example,

 

¿ how to tell whether you suffer from pride, vanity, or hubris

¿ how to tell whether you’re contagious or infectious

¿ how to tell if you’re pitiful or pitiable

¿ how to tell if you’re self-centered or self-absorbed

¿ how to live an ethical life in a moral universe

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

CHARLES HARRINGTON ELSTER is a nationally recognized expert on the English language. He is the pronunciation editor of Black's Law Dictionary and a consultant for Garner's Modern English Usage. His articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications, and he has published eleven books on the English language for a general audience.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1328884074
• ISBN 13: 9781328884077
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Collins; https://collins.co.uk/pages/about; ; Im Mittelfeld 25; K?ln; Deutschland; 51105; Allemagne