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Wordsmith and bestselling author Eugene Ehrlich, in his companion volume to the Highly Selective Thesaurus, addresses the words most corrupted through the media, by greedy lexicographers, and in common speech today. Between TV talk shows, Radio call-in shows, e-mail and the Internet, spontaneous-talk media has taken off in the '90s. People are interacting more frequently and more fervently than ever before, and turning the English language into mush. Eugene Ehrlich's been listening, and now he speaks.aWilliam Safire says his work is -daringly prescriptive, ' and William F. Buckley calls his bestselling Amo, Amas, Amat and More -resourceful'an appetizing smorgasbord.' The Highly Selective Dictionary for The Extraordinarily Literate will also be hailed by lexicographers and word enthusiasts everywhere. This concise compendium of the most confused and misused words in the 1990's, the words most under attack by careless speakers and writers everywhere, defines, discerns and distinguishes the finer points of sense and meaning. Are you trying to remember, or more fully recollect? Is he uninterested or rightly disinterested? Healthful or healthy, regretful or regrettable, notorious or infamous?

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  • Title The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate
  • Author Eugene Ehrlich
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Collins Reference, New York
  • Publication date 1997
  • ISBN 9780062701909 / 0062701908
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.5 x 0.87 in (20.96 x 13.97 x 2.21 cm)
  • Category Reference
  • Library of Congress subjects English language - Idioms, English language - Synonyms and antonyms
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97001112
  • Dewey Decimal Code 423.1
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