Contradictionary : an a-Z of confusibles, lookalikes and soundalikes
Spiegl, Fritz2010
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Do you know the difference between acetic and ascetic? Burgers and burghers? Complaisant and compliant? A cassock, a Cossack, a hassock, a hillock, a hummock and a pillock? This textbook should be useful for anyone who has ever been caught using the wrong word in the wrong place.
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London : Kyle Cathie, 2010.
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252 p. ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: 2003.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781856269544 (pbk)
Dewey class:
428
Language:
English
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BRN:
279903