Petras, Kathryn

That doesn't mean what you think it means : the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories / Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras. - First Edition. - ix, 197 pages ; 19 cm

"An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse"--

9780399581274 (hardcover)

2018001201


English language--Errors of usage.
English language--Usage--History.
English language--Etymology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation.

PE1460 / .P38 2018

428.1 PET P