A Cure For The Common Word

Remedy Your Tired Vocabulary with 3,000 + Vibrant Alternatives to the Most Overused Words
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-07-149330-7
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 394 g

Make your ailing vocabulary go from merely good to exceptionally splendid and stupendous!Your brain holds an impressive vocabulary of more than 20,000 words, but chances are you only use a small fraction of them. That fraction is usually filled with worn-out oldies that have lost their impact, such as interesting, good, and nice

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sullivan, K. D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

absolutely (adverb) activity (noun) affect (verb) amazing (adjective) awesome (adjective) bad (adjective) basic (adjective) beautiful (adjective) begin (verb) better (adjective) big (adjective) boring (adjective) bring (verb) certain (adjective) change (verb) choose (verb) common (adjective) correct (adjective) correct (verb) decent (adjective) develop (verb) difficult (adjective) difficult (adjective) direct (adjective) do (verb) to perform, execute, carry out easy (adjective) effective (adjective) emphasize (verb) end (verb) energy (noun) enjoy (verb) enough (adjective) excellent (adjective) exciting (adjective) fast (adjective) feel (verb) fill (verb) final (adjective) fine (adjective) finish (verb) funny (adjective) get (verb) give (verb) go (verb) good (adjective) good (adjective) great (adjective) grow (verb) happy (adjective) hard (adjective) help (verb) important (adjective) interesting (adjective) keep (verb) kind (adjective) know (verb) leave (verb) look (noun) love (noun) main (adjective) make (verb) mean (adjective) more (adjective) need (noun) new (adjective) next (adjective) nice (adjective) old (adjective) old (adjective) open (adjective) part (noun) perfect (adjective) piece (noun) plain (adjective) plan (noun) plan (verb) pleasant (adjective) problem (noun) prove (verb) put (verb) quick (adjective) quick (adjective) ready (adjective) regular (adjective) short (adjective) simple (adjective) small (adjective) special (adjective) stay (verb) strange (adjective) take (verb) take (verb) thin (adjective) think (verb) try (verb) use (verb) usual (adjective) want (verb) weird (adjective) well (adverb)

Über Autor(innen)

Sullivan, K. D.
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

The founder of Creative Solutions, K.D. Sullivan is the author or coauthor of several books including The Gremlins of Grammar and The McGraw-Hill Desk Reference for Editors, Writers, and Proofreaders.