A Miscellany for Word Lovers Origins, Meanings and Quizzes

More than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on: * The fascinating origins of words * Quotes and misquotes* Slang, dialects and secret languages * Unforgettable Adverts, Famous Lines from Novels and Movies* Newspeak, Basic English, spelling reform* Malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'* Mnemonics and other memory joggers* Palindromes and anagrams * Semaphore. Morse, tic-tac, hand gestures and other ways of speaking without wordsEntry after entry explores the byways, oddities and curiosities of the English language.

ISBN:	9781845285159
Publisher:	Little, Brown
Imprint:	How To Books
Published date:	06 Mar 2014
DEWEY:	428.1
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	x, 214
Weight:	170g
Height:	197mm
Width:	130mm
Spine width:	15mm

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