A Miscellany for Word Lovers
(Sprache: Englisch)
The ultimate miscellany of words, this is a fun-packed guide to enjoying words and using them more effectively.
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The ultimate miscellany of words, this is a fun-packed guide to enjoying words and using them more effectively.
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More than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on:The fascinating origins of words
Quotes and misquotes
Slang, dialects and secret languages
Unforgettable Adverts, Famous Lines from Novels and Movies
Newspeak, Basic English, spelling reform
Malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'
Mnemonics and other memory joggers
Palindromes and anagrams
Semaphore. Morse, tic-tac, hand gestures and other ways of speaking without words
Entry after entry explores the byways, oddities and curiosities of the English language.
Autoren-Porträt von Robin Hosie, Vic Mayhew
The book's joint authors are veteran wordsmiths, having both spent their careers using words to reach audiences numbered in their millions. Robin Hosie as Editorial Director of Reader's Digest Books, and Vic Mayhew as one-time editor of the entire Mirror Group.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Robin Hosie , Vic Mayhew
- 2014, 224 Seiten, Maße: 20 x 13,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Constable & Robinson
- ISBN-10: 1845285158
- ISBN-13: 9781845285159
Sprache:
Englisch
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