Words! Words! Words! - Words are fun! Words understood, explained, defined differentiated, used, abused; words of great writers and poets, words of schoolboys and girls; descriptive, active, perceptive, living words-these are the themes of Dr. Andrew Scotland's book. By examples, suggestions, exercises, narrative, poetry interest in and a right use of words.
By examples, suggestions, exercises, narrative, poetry and above all by humour, he seeks to rouse the reader to an interest in and a right use of words. The approach is daring: schoolboy puns jostle with sublime passages from the great masters of words; lighthearted sketches offset thorough and scholarly examinations of the derivations of words, and Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes.
Full of useful material for students preparing for General Certificate of English and Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations, this work will also be welcomed by many others who are interested in etymology for its own sake.
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