How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You Pretend to Understand...When You Don't
Author(s): Hubert Van Den Bergh
How to Sound Clever explains the etymology of 600 key words you really ought to know, but haven't had the time to look up in the dictionary. Each entry features an etymological description as well as useful example phrases so that readers can quickly see the correct context for each word. Anecdotes and witty illustrations appear throughout to make a book that is entertaining and will help the reader to boost their vocabulary. An ideal gift and a useful book for everyone have to hand when they come across a word you should know, but don't. Colin Dexter has described How to Sound Clever thus: 'This admirable book is a wholly welcome antidote to the semi-demi-literacy of the 21st century. Go out and buy it!'
Product Information
Entertaining way to improve your vocabulary Words/phrases explained clearly with example sentences so readers can see the word in context In the tradition of Who's Whose (over 10,000 copies in hardback) and Faux Pas (over 3,700 copies in hardback)
'This admirable book is a wholly welcome antidote to the semi-demi-literacy of the 21st century. Go out and buy it!' Colin Dexter
Hubert van den Bergh has worked in the City for the past decade. A language enthusiast, he was awarded an academic scholarship from Oxford University, where he studied Modern Languages.
General Fields
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- : A & C Black Publishers Ltd
- : A & C Black Publishers Ltd
- : 01 September 2010
- : 198mm X 129mm X 21mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 December 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : Hubert Van Den Bergh
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 428.1
- : 224
