American English has many word pairs and trios that are alike enough to be confusing. Word Choice Errors provides a novel way to empower writers of all levels to cut through the confusion to understand which word to use and why that's the word to use. Written in a user-friendly style, grounded in descriptive linguistics methods, and eschewing memorization, this book trains writers to detect, interpret, and act on language clues - with exercises, "wild idea" analytical tricks, and additional resources throughout. It is an excellent resource for instructors and students of grammar or…mehr
American English has many word pairs and trios that are alike enough to be confusing. Word Choice Errors provides a novel way to empower writers of all levels to cut through the confusion to understand which word to use and why that's the word to use. Written in a user-friendly style, grounded in descriptive linguistics methods, and eschewing memorization, this book trains writers to detect, interpret, and act on language clues - with exercises, "wild idea" analytical tricks, and additional resources throughout. It is an excellent resource for instructors and students of grammar or writing/rhetoric, as well as for individuals looking to develop their language and writing skills.
Gül¿at Aygen is Professor of Linguistics and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at Northern Illinois University, USA. Sarah Eastlund is Assistant Professor of English at Brescia University, USA.
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Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction: Inaccurate Word Choices and Linguistic Criteria 1.1. Morpho-Syntactic Criterion 1.2. Syntactic Criterion 1.3. Semantic Criterion Review Exercises: Linguistic Criteria Chapter 1 Recap Chapter 2. Commonly Confused Words: Affect Effect - Cue Queue 2.1. Affect Effect 2.2. Allude Elude 2.3. Breach Breech 2.4. Cache Cachet 2.5. Capital Capitol 2.6. Censor Censure Sensor 2.7. Cite Sight Site 2.8. Colombia Columbia 2.9. Complement Compliment 2.10. Confident Confidant Confidante 2.11. Conscience Conscientious Conscious Consciousness 2.12. Cue Queue Review Exercises: Affect Effect - Cue Queue Chapter 2 Recap Lesson Learned Chapter 3. Commonly Confused Words: e .g. i.e - Hail Hale 3.1. e.g. i.e. 3.2. Either ... or Neither ... nor 3.3. Elicit Illicit 3.4. Emulate Imitate 3.5. Emigrate Immigrate Migrate 3.6. Ensure Insure Assure 3.7. Envelop Envelope 3.8. Everyone Every one 3.9. Farther Further 3.10. Gild Guild 3.11. Grill Grille 3.12. Hail Hale Review Exercises: i.e. e.g. - Hail Hale Chapter 3 Recap Lessons Learned Chapter 4. Commonly Confused Words: It's Its - Right Rite Write 4.1. It's Its 4.2. Lay Lie 4.3. Less Fewer 4.4. Let's Lets 4.5. Loose Lose 4.6. Moral Morale 4.7. Onto On to 4.8. Quiet Quite 4.9 Principal Principle 4.10. Raise Raze 4.11. Rational Rationale 4.12. Right Rite Write Review Exercises: It's Its - Right Right Rite Chapter 4 Recap Lesson Learned Chapter 5. Commonly Confused Words: Setup Set up - Your You're 5.1. Setup Set up 5.2. Shear Sheer 5.3. Sic Sick 5.4. Their There They're 5.5. Than Then 5.6. To Too Two 5.7. Vain Vane Vein 5.8. Well Good 5.9. Weather Whether 5.10. Were We're Where 5.11. Wet Whet 5.12. Which Witch 5.13. Whose Who's 5.14. Your You're Review Exercises: Setup Set up - Your You're Chapter 5 Recap Lesson Learned Chapter 6. Cumulative Application Summary Points Chapter 7. Conclusion Answer Key for Fill-in-the-Blank Exercises Consulted Works Glossary Index
