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<b>One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free grammar. </b><br><br> As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where ‘cleave’ can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word ‘set’ has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a particip
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- Author
- Bill Bryson
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780767910439
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Word Lists
- Rating
- 3.87 / 5 (1,908 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Bryson's dictionary of troublesome words [eBook - NC Digital Library] : A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (2004)
- Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words : A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (2010)
- Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1987)
- Bryson's dictionary of troublesome words [eBook - NC Digital Library] : A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (2002)
- Troublesome words (2001)
- The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words Second Edition (1984)
- The Penguin dictionary of troublesome words (1984)
- The Penguin dictionary of troublesome words (2002)
- The Facts On File Dictionary Of Troublesome Words (1987)
- Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words : A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (2011)
- Penguin Dictionary Of Troublesome Words 2nd Edition (1997)
- The Facts On File Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984)
- The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1986)
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