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David Crystal's How Language Works is a fascinating tour through the world of language from one of today's most renowned experts. It ranges ...
The definitive guide to starting and running a freelance editing business.
You've been thinking about shifting into the world of freelance editing, but you ...
CRESTFALLEN at CHICANERY and CIRCUMLOCUTION? Have no TRUCK with TOMFOOLERY and TRUMPERY? Or OMNISCIENT about OBLOQUIES and OPSIMATHS?
Whether you've answered yes, no or ...
An essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us ...
'Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.' - Yorkshire Post
The huge variety of colourful phrases contained in ...
A fascinating exploration of the nuts and bolts of human language. Why dont eleven and twelve end in teen? The rest of our counting system ...
An entertaining, informative, and elegantly designed guide that makes understanding punctuation marks and symbols simple and fun.A rollicking linguistic ride for fans of Eats ...
Whether it's the distress of a bad haircut (AGE-OTORI) or longing for the food someone else is eating (GROAKING), the pleasure found in other ...
Have you ever struggled to communicate with a limited-English speaker? Have you been frustrated by unsuccessful interactions with non-native English speakers? Did you know there ...
An essential guide to cultivating joy in your professional and personal writing
Writing should be a pleasurable challenge, not a painful chore. Writing with Pleasure ...
Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation mark. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier whose flamboyantly dramatic ...