The Dictionary of Confusable Words
by Laurence Urdang
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 081601650X
- ISBN 13
- 9780816016501
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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NZ$41.31NZ$28.92
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About This Item
New York, NY: Facts on File Publications, 1988 Facts on File Publications, New York. 1988. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to top or rear board. DJ: Near Fine; light suntoning to spine and top edge of jacket. Black paper over boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright white lettering on the spine. 391 pp 8vo. This tells one how to know the difference between motor and engine, imply and infer, epitaph and epithet, and more than 5000 other frequently confused terms. Dictionaries don't define sets of related words by contrasting them with each other and emphasizing differences in their meanings- but this book does just that. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014943
- Title
- The Dictionary of Confusable Words
- Author
- Laurence Urdang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 081601650X
- ISBN 13
- 9780816016501
- Publisher
- Facts on File Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- dictionary, word meanings, contrasting words, confusable words, words related in form, words related in meaning, words related in classification, English language, words, close synonyms, related terms.
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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