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- 2005008899 contributor B10114686.
- 2005008899 created "c2005.".
- 2005008899 date "2005".
- 2005008899 date "c2005.".
- 2005008899 dateCopyrighted "c2005.".
- 2005008899 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-273) and index.".
- 2005008899 description "Once upon a word : word histories, mysteries, hoaxes, and hype : sorting the tall tales from the truth -- A slough of solecisms : wherein the author leads you safely out of a morass of mistakes and misperceptions into the clear, comforting light of correct English -- The grandiloquent gumshoe : words recovered, discovered, and devised -- The elegance of style : distinctions, clarifications, niceties, and other little things that make your language more polished and precise -- A civil tongue : wherein the author launders your pronunciation and presses you to speak with propriety and poise -- Born in the U.S.A. : some quintessentially American words and expressions, from okay to humongous, with some other American stuff thrown in just for fun -- The wonder of words : a fascinating farrago of word lore and wordplay that just didn't fit anywhere else.".
- 2005008899 extent "xvi, 286 p. ;".
- 2005008899 identifier "0156031973 (pbk.)".
- 2005008899 identifier 2005008899-b.html.
- 2005008899 identifier 2005008899-d.html.
- 2005008899 identifier 2005008899-s.html.
- 2005008899 identifier 2005008899.html.
- 2005008899 issued "2005".
- 2005008899 issued "c2005.".
- 2005008899 language "eng".
- 2005008899 publisher "Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc.,".
- 2005008899 subject "422 22".
- 2005008899 subject "Americanisms.".
- 2005008899 subject "English language Etymology.".
- 2005008899 subject "English language Style.".
- 2005008899 subject "English language Usage.".
- 2005008899 subject "PE1574 .E57 2005".
- 2005008899 subject "Plays on words.".
- 2005008899 tableOfContents "Once upon a word : word histories, mysteries, hoaxes, and hype : sorting the tall tales from the truth -- A slough of solecisms : wherein the author leads you safely out of a morass of mistakes and misperceptions into the clear, comforting light of correct English -- The grandiloquent gumshoe : words recovered, discovered, and devised -- The elegance of style : distinctions, clarifications, niceties, and other little things that make your language more polished and precise -- A civil tongue : wherein the author launders your pronunciation and presses you to speak with propriety and poise -- Born in the U.S.A. : some quintessentially American words and expressions, from okay to humongous, with some other American stuff thrown in just for fun -- The wonder of words : a fascinating farrago of word lore and wordplay that just didn't fit anywhere else.".
- 2005008899 title "What in the word? : wordplay, word lore, and answers to the peskiest questions about language / Charles Harrington Elster.".
- 2005008899 type "text".