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Do you know the difference between acetic and ascetic? Burgers and burghers? Bucolic and alcoholic? Complaisant and compliant? A cassock, a Cossack, a hassock, a hillock, a hummock and a pillock? If not, this book provides the answers. With entries varying from pithy brevity to mini essays, this textbook should be useful for anyone who has ever been caught using the wrong word in the wrong place (or been caught out being too clever by half). Readers, writers and students of media studies will find answers to frequently asked questions - and a number of questions it has never occurred to them to ask.
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Amusing and comprehensive -- Independent, October 03
Great for dipping into at random or as a reliable desktop reference tool -- Good Book Guide, October 03
Splendid -- Telegraph, September 03
The English language owes a debt of gratitude to Fritz Spiegl. This latest book adds to the debt. -- John Humphreys, Broadcaster
one wonders who will monitor our language now that he has gone. His passing has left a large gap -- Daily Post (Liverpool), September 03
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Do you know the difference between acetic and ascetic? Burgers and burghers? Complaisant and compliant? A cassock, a Cossack, a hassock, a hillock, a hummock and a pillock? This textbook should be useful for anyone who has ever been caught using the wrong word in the wrong place.
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