American English compendium : a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English
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American English compendium : a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English
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The work American English compendium : a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nesmith Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- American English compendium : a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English
- Title remainder
- a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English
- Statement of responsibility
- Marv Rubinstein
- Subject
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- Americanisms -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- English language
- English language -- Grammar
- English language -- Translating
- English language -- Translating -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- English language -- United States -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- United States
- English language -- United States -- Grammar -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Americanisms
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A fun way to explore the nuances of the English language -- learn that a group of lions is called a pride; A group of whales, a pod; one of owls a parliament. Distinguish between a quack and a shyster. Learn that "tabling a motion" in a U.S. Court has an opposite meaning to the same term in England. This book picks up where other language dictionaries leave off: it includes common proverbs, a sampling of American English vs. British English, popular American expressions and slang, acronyms, and varied information on everything from wildlife to currency. In this new edition, the staples have been updated, and fresh chapters, including spelling, punctuation, and pronunciation; odd-ball English words, and even "youthspeak," which deals with Twitterspeak and other online language. --Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 423/.1
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PE2835
- LC item number
- .R83 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- handbooks
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