The Dictionary of Do's and Don'ts

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The Dictionary of Do's and Don'ts: A Guide for Writers and Speakers-is an indispensable companion for writers, students, speakers, editors, teachers, and all who care about saying what they mean and meaning what they say. Enjoyable to read and instructive to browse through, it is a sophisticated guide to the conquest of jargon, clumsy locutions, tired words and phrases, and hackneyed cliches. This zesty work on good and bad usage is a needed corrective to the misuse and abuse of language.

It includes hundreds of examples of the faddish and the too familiar, and offers wise and often witty counsel on how to use the English language with freshness, vigor, clarity, and confidence. Entries include Back Formations, Barnyard Metaphors, Crackerbarrel Terms, Drone Words, Dumbstruck Expressions, Fossil Phrases, Null Sounds, Toy Words, Tranquilizer Cliches. The book is fully indexed for ready reference.

Writer, editor, scholar, teacher Harry G. Nickles earned a Ph.D. degree in Medieval Greek at the University of Pennsylvania. After joining the staff of Holiday magazine, he became Senior Staff Editor. His skill at wielding a blue pencil brought him thanks from many writers, and an appointment to teach Article Writing at Columbia University.

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