Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A Compendium of Mistakes in Grammar, Usage, and Spelling with comment (Hardcover)

By Robert Hartwell Fiske
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Robert Hartwell Fiske aims to eliminate laxity in language today by way of this witty and engaging reference.

Fiske rails against "laxicographers and ding-a-linguists" who, with their misguided thinking, actually promote the dissolution of the English language. He also illustrates why dictionaries don't always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word. With concise instruction and numerous examples of misused words, Fiske makes it easier than ever to learn from others' mistakes.

This comprehensive dictionary of common misusages lays bare the mistakes we all make every day. Robert Hartwell Fiske, the grumbling grammarian of our time, shows you the definitive right way and wrong way to use language--and illustrates why dictionaries don't always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word.

About the Author

Robert Hartwell Fiske is the editor and publisher of The Vocabula Review (www.vocabula.com), an online journal about the English language, and certainly the principal web destination for anyone interested in words and language.

Praise for Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A Compendium of Mistakes in Grammar, Usage, and Spelling with comment…

"However curmudgeonly, Mr. Fiske betrays a bluff humanitarian spirit....[Fiske] wants to save [the English language]. And he knows that he can count on little help. Dictionaries "have virtually no standards, offer scant guidance, and advance only misunderstanding." His own flogging of Merriam-Webster's is one of the many pleasures of this lovely, sour, virtuous book." -The Wall Street Journal

Product Details ISBN-10: 1451651317
ISBN-13: 9781451651317
Published: Scribner, 11/01/2011
Pages: 480
Language: English
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