A Cure For The Common Word
Author | : K. D. Sullivan |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2007-10-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780071595155 |
ISBN-13 | : 0071595155 |
Rating | : 4/5 (155 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Cure For The Common Word written by K. D. Sullivan and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make your ailing vocabulary go from merely good to exceptionally splendid and stupendous! Your brain holds an impressive vocabulary of more than 20,000 words, but chances are you only use a small fraction of them. That fraction is usually filled with worn-out oldies that have lost their impact, such as interesting, good, and nice Inside, you'll find more than thirty alternatives for each of the one hundred most commonly overused words in the English language. Along with a list of synonyms, each common word comes with definitions, sample sentences, witty quotes, explanations of why the word fails to communicate, and much more.