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This unique book distills the common dictionary, putting the tough words you encounter most often at your fingertips, sharpening readers' knowledge of the written and oral language. With clear and concise definitions, this selection of terms teaches proper usage and identifies common words people often stumble over. Readers will find thousands of words that trip up the most educated people: words known until someone asks what they mean, words understood when read but not when heard and commonly used words that are hard to spell. About the Author Laurence Urdang is a professional lexicographer whose interest in words and language is undiminished after almost 40 years' exposure to dictionaries of all kinds. His magnum opus was the unabridged edition of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language..
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Christian women held captive by demeaning patriarchal attitudes? It happens all the time. This fresh and timely book by the editor of "Charisma" magazine takes a no-nonsense look at unscriptural mind-sets within the church--ways of thinking that have made women into "second-class citizens." A powerful expose, it will enlighten and free women to be all that God is calling them to be..
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Word Watcher's Handbook is an entertaining and authoritative book that is packed with guidelines to help the reader eliminate incorrect words and phrases The Deletionary portion is a definitive blacklist of trite words, feeble phrases and incorrect constructions that should be omitted from every vocabulary..
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Nothing makes a person appear more ridiculous than incorrectly using a word in conversation or writing—and having the listener or reader pick up on it.

Words You Thought You Knew . . . features words and phrases people hear and use every day—often incorrectly. Is it "could care less" or "couldn't care less"? What is the difference between "allude" and "elude"? Is it "toe the line" or "tow the line"?

Forget six-syllable words found only on college entrance exams that people never use! Writer Jenna Glatzer takes a humorous approach to help readers avoid verbal slipups by featuring succinct definitions and sentence examples of common but troublesome words. This unique collection also includes a fun quiz to test readers' mastery of the words they thought they knew!.
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