Bryson's dictionary for writers and editors / Bill Bryson.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Doubleday, 2008.Edition: New editionDescription: ix, 454 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780385610445 (hbk.)
- 0385610440 (hbk.)
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 423.1 BRY | 1 | Available | T00468899 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Here is a very personal selection of spellings and usages, covering such head-scratchers as capitalization, plurals, abbreviations and foreign names and phrases. Bill Bryson also gives us the difference between British and American usages, and miscellaneous pieces of essential information you never knew you needed.
Previous ed.: published as The Penguin dictionary for writers and editors. London: Penguin, 1994.
Previous ed.: published as The Penguin dictionary for writers and editors. London: Penguin, 1994. What is the difference between cant and jargon, or assume and presume? What is a fandango? What's the new name for Calcutta? How do you spell supersede? Boutros Boutros-Ghali? Is it hippy or hippie? Here is a very personal selection of spellings and usages, covering such head-scratchers as capitalization, plurals, abbreviations and foreign names and phrases. Bryson also gives us the difference between British and American usages, and more.
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