The Dictionary of Disagreeable English

[Robert Hartwell Fiske]

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The Dictionary of Disagreeable English
A  Curmudgeon's Compendium of Excruciatingly Correct Grammar

Table of  contents:

Foreword by John Simon
Introduction: The Decline of the  Dictionary
The Dictionary of Disagreeable English
Appendix A: The Fiske  Ranking of College Dictionaries
Appendix B: Fifty Best Words as Identified  by the Readers of The Vocabula
Review
Appendix C: Fifty Worst Words as  Identified by the Readers of The Vocabula
Review
Appendix D: Index of Names


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