That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means: The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories

by Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras

Book Overview

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.

Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Don't be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399581278
• ISBN13: 9780399581274
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.1"