Troublesome Words

What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure?

With Troublesome Words, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson provides a clear, concise, and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling. This indispensable companion has served those who work with the written word for over twenty years.

Why You’ll Love This Book:

• Discover whether you should care about split infinitives.
• Find solutions if you're cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas.
• Settle your doubts about whether that newsreader was right to say "an historic day."

This superb book is the perfect place to find out.