Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words : A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (Paperback)

from petesmyth

Before finding fame as a travel writer with The Lost Continent and Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson had been a sub-editor at the Times struggling with the nuances of the English language. What is the difference between flouting and flaunting; what exactly does it mean to imply and to infer;...

from MarthaJeanne

Some of this is useful as a reference. Most of it is boring as reading material. It feels like his personal notes on words that bother him, sometimes because he mixes them up, sometimes because others do. Now and again Bryson shows that he doesn't know German. Baron Munchhausen is known to most G...

from Oreillynsf

A great resource for readers and writers, Bryson dissects common and not so common writing mistakes and clearly explains the correct way to address them. Not lost is Bryson's patented sense of humor, either. ;-)

from Harrod

It's Bryson-what's not to love.

from Oreillynsf

A great resource for readers and writers, Bryson dissects common and not so common writing mistakes and clearly explains the correct way to address them. Not lost is Bryson's patented sense of humor, either. ;-)