Product Description

A useful guide to mixed-up, mangled expressions, foreign language faux pas, confusing terms, and commonly mispronounced words.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8612 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
"I don't know how, but somehow, he knows exactly what we need." -- Peggy Duncan, Productivity Trainer and author, Put Time Management to Work

"More than mere common errors, Brians' compilation includes some cleverly deceptive mistakes as well." -- Scott Lewis, Managing Editor, Kyiv Post, "Ukraine's English-Language Newspaper"

"Paul Brians has written a handy and likable reference tool. He sends you off chuckling." -- Jack Miles, former literary editor, Los Angeles Times

About the Author
Paul Brians is a professor of English at Washington State University. His web site, "Common Errors in English Usage" has been recommended by BBC Online, Yahoo! Internet Life magazine, USA Today, "refdesk.com," the Seattle Times, and many other periodicals and publications.

Customer Reviews

Very good
I bought the book because I know the website. The book looks great, I really like the drawings. Very clever, very useful and makes a good present, too.

attention all word-nerds!
Do you say "offen" and like to make fun of the people who say "of-ten" instead???? Then this handy calendar is for you! Have fun proving your vocabulary superiority, and maybe even learn something along the way. My journalist husband comes home with a new nugget of knowledge for me every day :) Highly recommended!

Tell me something I DON'T know
Were these "common errors" used in the English Language directed to
6th graders? I can't imagine anyone over the age of 17 needing these
explanations and examples. They are simple to the point of being insulting.