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How to tell fate from destiny : and other skillful word distinctions
- Title
- How to tell fate from destiny : and other skillful word distinctions / by Charles Harrington Elster.
- Author
- Elster, Charles Harrington
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- viii, 312 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "If you have trouble distinguishing the verbs imitate and emulate, the relative pronouns that and which, or the adjectives pliant, pliable, and supple, never fear--How to Tell Fate from Destiny is here to help! With more than 500 headwords, the book is replete with advice on how to differentiate commonly confused words and steer clear of verbal trouble"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-5589
- ISBN
- 9781328884077
- 1328884074
- LCCN
- 2018028262
- 046442020435
- OCLC
- 1048050191
- Author
- Elster, Charles Harrington, author.
- Title
- How to tell fate from destiny : and other skillful word distinctions / by Charles Harrington Elster.
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Elster, Charles Harrington. How to tell fate from destiny. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 9781328583239 (DLC) 2018037849
- Other Standard Identifier
- 046442020435
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-5589