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Several hundred of Bierce's pet peeves. Bierce's list includes some distinctions still familiar today-the which-that rule, less vs. fewer, lie and lay - but it also abounds in now-forgotten shibboleths: Ovation, the critics of his time agreed, meant a Roman triumph, not a round of applause. Reliable was an ill-formed coinage, not for the discriminating. Donate was pretentious, jeopardize should be jeopard, demean meant "comport oneself," not "belittle." And Bierce made up a few peeves of his own for good measure. We should say "a coating of paint," he instructed, not "a coat."
| ISBN-13 | 9781718763272 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1718763271 |
| Weight | 0.16 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.10 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $9.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 42 pages |
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Published On | 2018-05-10 |
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