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1) Junk English

Author

Smith, Ken

Publisher

Blast Books

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

2) That doesn't mean what you think it means: the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories

Author

Petras, Kathryn

Publisher

Ten Speed Press

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

Description

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"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"--

3) Grammar Girl's 101 troublesome words you'll master in no time

Author

Fogarty, Mignon

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

4) Dos, don'ts & maybes of English usage

Author

Bernstein, Theodore Menline

Publisher

Times Books

Pub. Date

c1977

Language

English

5) The Oxford miniguide to English usage

Author

Weiner, E. S. C

Publisher

Clarendon Press

Pub. Date

1983

Language

English

6) Bryson's dictionary of troublesome words

Author

Bryson, Bill

Publisher

Broadway Books

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

7) Barron's 1001 pitfalls in English grammar

Author

Craig, Ruth Parlé

Publisher

Barron's Educational Series

Pub. Date

c1986

Language

English

Description

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Conjugations of more than 120 irregular verbs accompany advice on using affixes, punctuation, conjunctions, and other grammatical elements

8) The right word in the right place at the right time: wit and wisdom from the popular "On language" column in The New York times magazine

Author

Safire, William

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

9) English matters!

Publisher

Grolier Educational

Pub. Date

c2000

Language

English

Description

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A multi-volume English language textbook with alphabetically arranged entries on such topics as grammar, style, punctuation, and writing and research skills.