"100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles presents words that people can't keep straight, no matter how hard they try. It features notorious soundalikes, such as aural/oral, bawl out/ball out, errant/arrant, faze/phase, gibe/jibe, and waive/wave, as well as close calls and near misses like baleful/baneful, effectual/efficacious, mitigate/militate, and suppress/repress. As in the other 100 Words books, each entry has a definition and pronunciation,...

A guide to preventing wrong-word errors in writing offers tips on choosing the correct word, applying rules and exceptions for tricky singulars and plurals, and remembering the differences between such commonly confused English terms as "accept" and "except" and "sight," "cite," and "site."

Explains the differences between such commonly confused English terms as "affect" and "effect," or "carat," "caret," "carrot," and "karet."

Provides words to enhance the readers' vocabulary with definitions and quotes from historic and contemporary people, including Leonardo da Vinci, Dave Eggers, and Rowan Atkinson.

Textbook outlining fundamentals of the Spanish language and providing help for common obstacles such as complex sentence structure, vocabulary, and telephone conversations.

"An informative and witty guide to writing and grammar, written especially for a younger audience"--

Good writers follow the rules. Great writers know the rules -- and follow their instincts! Finding the right words, in the right order, matters -- whether you're a student embarking on an essay, a job applicant drafting your cover letter, an employee composing an email ... even a (hopeful) lover writing a text. Do it wrong and you just might get an F, miss the interview, lose a client, or spoil your chance at a second date. Do it right, and the world...

"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"--