Use the Right Word: Your Quick & Easy Guide to 158 Words Most Often Confused or Misused - Softcover

Ragno, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1537049666 ISBN 13: 9781537049663

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

USE THE RIGHT WORD!

What danger lurks in these word pairs?
   who's/whose . . . affect/effect . . . your/you're

Or in these?
   can/may ... fewer/less ... I/me ... who/whom?

Both groups are hazardous because they cause WRONG WORD ERRORS. The first group are homonyms, words that sound the same or almost the same but have different spellings and meanings. (How confusing is that!)

The second group consists of words that are misused so often that they sound correct.

WRONG WORD ERRORS are hazardous to your wealth, your success, your reputation, your chances to advance, your confidence as a writer.
DON'T BE A VICTIM!

But what can you do? Your Spell-Check and Grammar-Check can't help. They don't make judgments about word meaning. It's all up to you.

The good news is that help is here. It's at your fingertips! Do you have a question about a confusing word pair? Just open USE THE RIGHT WORD. Tah-dah! The answer! It's EASY! It's FAST!  It's ACCURATE!  It's just what you're looking for.

• Entry words are alphabetized and cross-referenced. PLUS, there's an index.
• Each entry gives definitions, examples, and "More Examples," in the form of celebrity quotes (everyone from Mae West to Albert Einstein),

USE THE RIGHT WORD
The Indispensable Writer's Tool

Keep it on hand whenever you write.
You'll wonder how you ever wrote without it!

About this title

About the Author

Nancy Ragno is an educational writer and co-author of a language arts series for grades K-8, “WORLD OF LANGUAGE." In addition to language arts texts, she has written children’s books and adult nonfiction. Her recently published books include: “USE THE RIGHT WORD -- Your Quick & Easy Guide to 158 Commonly Confused and Misused Words” (2016); "21-DAY JOURNAL: Start a New Habit“ (2016); THE PRESIDENT DID WHAT? – Presidential Trivia Quiz” (2014); “THE MONEY SAVVY SPENDING JOURNAL” (2013); and “WORD SAVVY: Use the Right Word Every Time, All the Time” (2011). Originally from Philadelphia, she now lives in Baneberry, TN -- Tennessee’s smallest city (pop. 482), located on beautiful Douglas Lake at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains, about 30 miles east of Knoxville. You may often find her at the Knoxville Zoo, where she works as a volunteer, explaining bio-facts to visitors and assisting with their "close up and personal" encounters with birds and small animals. Her other interests include organic gardening, wine-making, and playing the bassoon.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1537049666
• ISBN 13: 9781537049663
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 116