Ambrose Bierce's Write It Right: The Celebrated Cynic's Language Peeves Deciphered, Appraised, and Annotated for 21st-Century Readers - Ambrose Bierce, Jan Freeman • BookLikes (ISBN:0802717683)

Ambrose Bierce's Write It Right: The Celebrated Cynic's Language Peeves Deciphered, Appraised, and Annotated for 21st-Century Readers - Ambrose Bierce, Jan Freeman

Ambrose Bierce's Write It Right: The Celebrated Cynic's Language Peeves Deciphered, Appraised, and Annotated for 21st-Century Readers

by: Jan Freeman (author) Ambrose Bierce (author)

Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780802717689 (0802717683)

Publish date: November 10th 2009

Publisher: Walker & Company

Pages no: 240

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Non Fiction, Humor, Writing, Reference, Language, Criticism, Literary Criticism, Philosophy

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Great new ways of looking at words: some of which have mostly dropped out of usage, and many which seem to have become standard. Poor Bierce would be in paroxysms of horror. While it may not be your go-to for modern literary language, you may want to take a look—it'll make you think about your words...

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