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Author Petras, Kathryn, author.

Title That doesn't mean what you think it means : the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories / Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Ten Speed Press, [2018]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1913008~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  428.1 PET    AVAILABLE
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Description 197 pages ; 19 cm
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject English language -- Errors of usage.
English language -- Usage -- History.
English language -- Etymology.
Added Author Petras, Ross, author.
Added Title That does not mean what you think it means
ISBN 9780399581274 (hardback)
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