What in the Word?: Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language
Charles Harrington Elster
Drawing upon esoteric sources and his own expertise, Elster uses a Q&A format to cover a variety of topics--word and phrase origins, slang, style, usage, punctuation, and pronunciation. Every chapter features original brainteasers, challenging puzzles, and a trove of literary trivia.
Book of the Harvest Original series
- ISBN: 0156031973
- ISBN-13: 9780156031974
- Author : Charles Harrington Elster
- Language : English
- Format: Paperback - Search for other formats
- Publication Date: 11/1/2005
- Publisher Imprint: Harcourt
- Price ($AUD): $23.95
- Usual Dispatch Time: 7 - 10 days
- Please note that all prices are in Australian dollars
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