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288177That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Meanshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1647851/97c59cc6-fab6-4ffb-863d-322f65f8711e.jpg?v=638338548251170000308308MXNPenguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse.</strong></p><p>Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Dont be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures and famous writers, among others, language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain how to avoid these perilous pitfalls in the English language. Each entry also includes short histories of how and why these mistake have happened, some of the (often surprisingly nasty) debates about which uses are (and are not) mistakes, and finally, how to use these words correctly or why to not use them at all. By the end of this book, every literati will be able to confidently, casually, and correctly toss in an a priori or a limns without hesitation.</p>...284871That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means308308https://www.gandhi.com.mx/that-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1647851/97c59cc6-fab6-4ffb-863d-322f65f8711e.jpg?v=638338548251170000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20239780593683484_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9780593683484_<p><strong>An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse.</strong></p><p>Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Dont be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures and famous writers, among others, language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain how to avoid these perilous pitfalls in the English language. Each entry also includes short histories of how and why these mistake have happened, some of the (often surprisingly nasty) debates about which uses are (and are not) mistakes, and finally, how to use these words correctly or why to not use them at all. By the end of this book, every literati will be able to confidently, casually, and correctly toss in an a priori or a limns without hesitation.</p>...9780593683484_Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Groupaudiolibro_b59e1519-be10-39a0-8a41-bcf7f57ce134_9780593683484;9780593683484_9780593683484Kathryn PetrasInglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2023-02-21T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group