Even good writers sometimes find the right word elusive. Or is it illusive? The correct usage for more than 2,000 words that people commonly misuse is provided in this concise and accessible handbook that assures, insures, and ensures that anyone who wants to communicate accurately and effectively chooses the right word every time. Arranged alphabetically in pairs (or threes when appropriate), entries are carefully explained with a sentence that illustrates correct usage and cross-referenced to ensure that readers find, for example, boycott, even when they look up embargo first. Two dozen cartoons by Argentinian illustrator Santiago Cornejo (Corne) humorously clarify confusing distinctions between words and make this a fun reference for all word lovers to enjoy.

Reviews:

"Our English vocabulary has grown to more than a million words, including hundreds of confusable word pairs and triads. The Wrong Word Dictionary will help you sort out all those look-alikes, sound-alikes, and mean-alikes."
- Richard Lederer author of Comma Sense: A Fun-damental Guide to Punctuation

"If you want to help ensure that you don't use the wrong word -- say, eminent for immanent or immanent for imminent or imminent for eminent, read Dave Dowling's compilation of more than 2,000 usage errors, "The Wrong Word Dictionary". With this book, you can correct your own usage errors as well as those of others. Believe me, it's better to embarrass than to be embarrassed."
- Robert Hartwell Fiske, The Vocabula Review.

"One of the most comprehensive and usable collections of common word usage problems that we have ever seen, this book will surely help any user to write the right word. As an added bonus, each chapter begins with a quotation about writing or word choice from some of the greatest authors in history."
- Ed McCorduck, Department of English, State University of New York College at Cortland and president of English Consulting and Language Reference Services.

"The Wrong Word Dictionary brought a smile to my face with every page. As an editor I run across the misuse of words on a daily basis. I am sure most writers are very careful in their word choice, still mistakes do happen. Dowling's book is one of those that every writer should study."
- Leon Ogroske, Editor, WRITERS' Journal

"At some point, who hasn't used lay instead of lie, or effect instead of affect? Whether the error is a result of confusion or carelessness, it can be embarrassing, especially in business writing. Fortunately, we now have The Wrong Word Dictionary, a handy reference for writers seeking to quickly clarify the correct usage of more than 2,000 oft-misused words. Whether you're drafting a business proposal, typing an e-mail, or writing a book review, you'll find The Wrong Word Dictionary an essential aid."
- Katherine Giles, The Bas Bleu Catalog

Availability:

This book is available now at many online book retailers as well as the Writer's Digest Book Club.

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