Frequently Misused/Misspelled Words and Phrases (and How to Use Them Correctly)

From the author of the former Amazon #1 bestselling Military Sci-fi novel (My Other Car is a Spaceship).

Do you write fiction, nonfiction, business memos, emails, a blog, or anything else that others will read? Do you sometimes find yourself using the wrong word (such as discrete vs. discreet)? Are you confused by similar words (such as to, too, and two; lay and lie; there, their, and they’re; or shined, shone, and shown)? Do you misspell common words (alright vs. all right, or ect. vs. etc.) and phrases (such as tow the line vs. toe the line)? Then this book is for you.

It explains in simple language the differences between more than 300 words and phrases that are often misused and misspelled, as well as rules for proper punctuation and capitalization, and other elements of English that often trip up the unwary writer. And it does so with frequent humor to keep it from becoming too dry. For example:

Baited vs. Bated
Wrong: I waited with baited breath.
Right: I waited with bated breath.

Do your friends call you “fish-breath”? If not, then you wait with bated breath, which means “reduced, lessened, lowered in force.” The expression bated breath (using a short form of abated) refers to how someone almost stops breathing through awe, terror, anxiety, or extreme anticipation. Perhaps you waited with bated breath as he baited the hook.

FREQUENTLY MISUSED AND MISSPELLED WORDS AND PHRASES (and how to use them correctly) is available on Amazon in 13 countries: http://hyperurl.co/FrequentlyMisusedWrd. To find out more about my books, go to my blog at http://tesserene.blogspot.com or my website: http://MarkTerenceChapman.com.