When is a Pig a Hog?: A Guide to Confoundingly Related English Words

Bernice Randall

ISBN 10: 013955212X / ISBN 13: 9780139552120

Verlag: Prentice Hall June 1991, 1991

Beschreibung

First edition by number code. Spine slanting slightly.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 282027

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: When is a Pig a Hog?: A Guide to Confoundingly Related English Words
• Verlag: Prentice Hall June 1991
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 013955212X
• ISBN-13: 9780139552120
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: First Edition.
• Zustand: Collectible-Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

A handbook to closely related English terms covers human and not-so-human beings, places, things, concepts, the arts, nature, and science

Reseña del editor

In the bestselling tradition of Espy and Safire, this is the book that tells the difference between a couch and a divan, the Peter Principle and Murphy's Law, a second cousin and a first cousin, once removed. A pig, for example, is a hog when it weighs more than 120 pounds--but a salamander is never a lizard, and a polliwog is a tadpole from the moment it hatches. A fun reference for lexicographers and trivia buffs alike. Index.