Full name: Right, Wrong, and Risky: A Dictionary of Today's American English Usage

Author: Mark Davidson Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393061192 0393061191

Right, Wrong, and Risky provides simple, direct answers to questions about word choice, spelling, grammar, and punctuation; in straightforward alphabetical order. The answers are supported by thousands of up-to-date published usage examples. And the reader is told not just that particular usages are right or wrong, but why. In addition, Right, Wrong, and Risky  warns the reader about risky words like cleave and suspicious, and the many risky situations in which usage authorities disagree about what is and is not acceptable in Standard American English. For every such quandary, this book provides a risk-free solution. Browsers will learn why we tell stage performers to break a leg, why it's not really an insult to call someone a philistine or even a Neanderthal, and why it's wise never to use the word fortuitous or say the word forte aloud. Similar books: The Handbook of Good English by Edward D. Johnson The Complete Plain Words by Ernest Gowers Common Errors in English Usage by Paul Brians Modern American Usage by Wilson Follett The King's English by H. W. Fowler The Elements of Grammar by Margaret Shertzer Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words by Bill Bryson The Grouchy Grammarian by Thomas Parrish Usage and Abusage by Eric Partridge The Amazing Book is Not on Fire by Dan Howell The Adventurous Eaters Club by Misha Collins Code Complete by Steve McConnell Destiny of Souls by Michael Newton The Simple Path to Wealth by J. L. Collins Firefly by Joss Whedon Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin The Way I Heard It by Mike Rowe Refactoring by Martin Fowler Effective Java by Joshua Bloch Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer