Gulsat Aygen, Sarah Eastlund

Word Choice Errors (eBook, ePUB)

A Descriptive Linguistics Approach

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429536847
• Artikelnr.: 57396805

Autorenporträt

Gülsat 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.

Inhaltsangabe

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