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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words：A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right

作者: Bill Bryson 著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2004-09

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780767910439

定价: 104.60

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 256页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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OneoftheEnglishlanguage’smostskilledandbelovedwritersguidesusalltowardprecise,mistake-freeusage.

AsusualBillBrysonsaysitbest:“Englishisadazzlinglyidiosyncratictongue,fullofquirksandirregularitiesthatoftenseemwillfullyatoddswithlogicandcommonsense.Thisisalanguagewhere‘cleave’canmeantocutinhalfortoholdtwohalvestogether;wherethesimpleword‘set’has126differentmeaningsasaverb,58asanoun,and10asaparticipialadjective;whereifyoucanrunfastyouaremovingswiftly,butifyouarestuckfastyouarenotmovingatall;[and]where‘colonel,’‘freight,’‘once,’and‘ache’arestrikinglyatoddswiththeirspellings.”AsacopyeditorfortheLondonTimesintheearly1980s,BillBrysonfeltkeenlythelackofaneasy-to-consult,authoritativeguidetoavoidingthetrapsandsnaresinEnglish,andsohebrashlysuggestedtoapublisherthatheshouldwriteone.Surprisingly,thepropositionwasaccepted,andfor“asumofmoneycarefullygaugednottocauseembarrassmentorfeelingsofoverworth,”heproceededtowritethatbook–hisfirst,inauguratinghisstellarcareer.

Now,adecadeandahalflater,revised,updated,andthoroughly(butnotoverly)Americanized,ithasbecomeBryson’sDictionaryofTroublesomeWords,morethaneveranessentialguidetothewonderfullydisorderedthingthatistheEnglishlanguage.Withsomeonethousandentries,from“a,an”to“zoom,”thatfeaturereal-worldexamplesofquestionableusagefromaninternationalarrayofpublications,andwithahelpfulglossaryandguidetopronunciation,thisprecise,prescriptive,and–becauseitiswrittenbyBillBryson–oftenwittybookbelongsonthedeskofeverypersonwhocaresenoughaboutthelanguagenottomaulormisuseordistortit.

FromtheHardcoveredition., BILLBRYSON'SBestsellingbooksincludeAWalkintheWoods,I’maStrangerHereMyself,InASunburnedCountry,Bryson’sDictionaryofTroublesomeWords,BillBryson'sAfricanDiary,andAShortHistoryofNearlyEverything.HelivesinNorfolk,England,withhiswifeandchildren. Introduction

Troublesome Words

Appendix: Punctuation

Bibliography and Suggested Reading

Glossary
内容简介:
OneoftheEnglishlanguage’smostskilledandbelovedwritersguidesusalltowardprecise,mistake-freeusage.

AsusualBillBrysonsaysitbest:“Englishisadazzlinglyidiosyncratictongue,fullofquirksandirregularitiesthatoftenseemwillfullyatoddswithlogicandcommonsense.Thisisalanguagewhere‘cleave’canmeantocutinhalfortoholdtwohalvestogether;wherethesimpleword‘set’has126differentmeaningsasaverb,58asanoun,and10asaparticipialadjective;whereifyoucanrunfastyouaremovingswiftly,butifyouarestuckfastyouarenotmovingatall;[and]where‘colonel,’‘freight,’‘once,’and‘ache’arestrikinglyatoddswiththeirspellings.”AsacopyeditorfortheLondonTimesintheearly1980s,BillBrysonfeltkeenlythelackofaneasy-to-consult,authoritativeguidetoavoidingthetrapsandsnaresinEnglish,andsohebrashlysuggestedtoapublisherthatheshouldwriteone.Surprisingly,thepropositionwasaccepted,andfor“asumofmoneycarefullygaugednottocauseembarrassmentorfeelingsofoverworth,”heproceededtowritethatbook–hisfirst,inauguratinghisstellarcareer.

Now,adecadeandahalflater,revised,updated,andthoroughly(butnotoverly)Americanized,ithasbecomeBryson’sDictionaryofTroublesomeWords,morethaneveranessentialguidetothewonderfullydisorderedthingthatistheEnglishlanguage.Withsomeonethousandentries,from“a,an”to“zoom,”thatfeaturereal-worldexamplesofquestionableusagefromaninternationalarrayofpublications,andwithahelpfulglossaryandguidetopronunciation,thisprecise,prescriptive,and–becauseitiswrittenbyBillBryson–oftenwittybookbelongsonthedeskofeverypersonwhocaresenoughaboutthelanguagenottomaulormisuseordistortit.

FromtheHardcoveredition.,
作者简介:
BILLBRYSON'SBestsellingbooksincludeAWalkintheWoods,I’maStrangerHereMyself,InASunburnedCountry,Bryson’sDictionaryofTroublesomeWords,BillBryson'sAfricanDiary,andAShortHistoryofNearlyEverything.HelivesinNorfolk,England,withhiswifeandchildren.
目录:
Introduction

Troublesome Words

Appendix: Punctuation

Bibliography and Suggested Reading

Glossary

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