Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors

Author(s): Bill Bryson

Writing, Language & Reference

What is the difference between cant and jargon, or assume and presume? What is a fandango? How do you spell supersede? Is it hippy or hippie? These questions really matter to Bill Bryson, as they do to anyone who cares about the English language. Originally published as The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors, Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors has now been completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century by Bill Bryson himself. Here is a very personal selection of spellings and usages, covering such head-scratchers as capitalization, plurals, abbreviations and foreign names and phrases. Bryson also gives us the difference between British and American usages, and miscellaneous pieces of essential information you never knew you needed, like the names of all the Oxford colleges, or the correct spelling of Brobdingnag. An indispensable companion to all those who write, work with the written word, or who just enjoy getting things right, it gives rulings that are both authoritative and commonsense,all in Bryson's own inimitably goodhumoured way.

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A very personal reference tool from the desk of bestselling author Bill Bryson.

Bill Bryson's is the author of many bestselling travel books. His acclaimed book on popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and won the Aventis Prize for Science Books and the Descartes Science Communication Prize. His latest bestsellers are Shakespeare (in the Eminent Lives series) and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.

General Fields

  • : 9780552773539
  • : Transworld Publishers Limited
  • : Black Swan
  • : 0.326
  • : March 2008
  • : 198mm X 127mm X 30mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Bill Bryson
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 423
  • : very good
  • : 464