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| Publisher: DOUBLEDAY |
| Publication Date: 10/03/2008 |
| Format: Hardback |
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What on earth is a fandango?
What is the difference between cant and jargon, or assume and presume? What's the new name for Calcutta? Is it hippy or hippie? This brilliant reference tool for any English language enthusiast is hot off the desk of bestselling author Bill Bryson!
These questions really matter to Bryson, ever since his days as a rookie subeditor on The Times back in the 70s. Revised and updated for the twenty-first century, here is a very personal selection of spellings and usages, the head-scratchers of capitalisation, plurals, abbreviations, and foreign names and phrases.
Bryson also gives us the difference between British and American usages, and miscellaneous pieces of essential information you never knew you needed, like the names of all the Oxford colleges, or the new name for the Department of Trade and Industry - or the correct spelling of Brobdingnag.
A humorous and indispensable companion to all those who write, work with the written word, or who just enjoy getting things right!
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RRP £14.99
JOINING PRICE £1.75
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