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A Cure For The Common Word K. D. Sullivan

A Cure For The Common Word By K. D. Sullivan

A Cure For The Common Word by K. D. Sullivan

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Your brain holds an impressive vocabulary of more than 20,000 words, but chances are you only use a small fraction of them. This guide for using language to communicate more effectively in writing and speech helps you rejuvenate your vocabulary and rehab your verbal skills.

A Cure For The Common Word Summary

A Cure For The Common Word: Remedy Your Tired Vocabulary with 3,000 + Vibrant Alternatives to the Most Overused Words by K. D. Sullivan

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

Inside, you'll find more than thirty alternatives for each of the one hundred most commonly overused words in the English language. Along with a list of synonyms, each common word comes with definitions, sample sentences, witty quotes, explanations of why the word fails to communicate, and much more.

About K. D. Sullivan

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.

Table of Contents

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)

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GOR013319138
9780071493307
0071493301
A Cure For The Common Word: Remedy Your Tired Vocabulary with 3,000 + Vibrant Alternatives to the Most Overused Words by K. D. Sullivan
K. D. Sullivan
Used - Well Read
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
20071101
224
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