02351cam a2200313 4500 679395653 TxAuBib 20230301120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593683491 0593683498 a97c73f1-05d8-4fac-996f-73b0dd9a0a59 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9420189 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Petras, Ross. That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means [Libby Audiobook] : The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories. Books on Tape, 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 167MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 167MB. HTML:<b>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.</b><br /> &#160;<br /> Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Don’t be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures and famous writers, among others, language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain how to avoid these perilous pitfalls in the English language. Each entry also includes short histories of how and why these mistake have happened, some of the (often surprisingly nasty) debates about which uses are (and are not) mistakes, and finally, how to use these words correctly … or why to not use them at all.&#160; By the end of this book, every literati will be able to confidently, casually, and correctly toss in an “a priori” or a “limns” without hesitation. Grammar & Language Usage. Language Arts. Nonfiction. Sociology. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-03-01 20:00:03. Petras, Kathryn. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a97c73f1-05d8-4fac-996f-73b0dd9a0a59&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a97c73f1-05d8-4fac-996f-73b0dd9a0a59&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)