Dictionary of the Most Confusing Words

Author: (USA) Kreyszig / (USA) Linford, edited by Guo Baolian
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: In 1989, the U.S. Naval Academy recovered nearly a thousand printed graduation certificates because the school name was mistakenly printed as "United States Naval Academy - U.S. Navel Academy!" Similar misspellings or pronunciations not only confuse us but also make even expert American writers prone to misspelling several words daily. Now, the solution to misspelled words has finally appeared. This book compiles 5,000 common English words with similar pronunciations or spellings, teaching you how to distinguish between confusing words and their usage! Have doubts about spelling? Don’t delay—open this book! This book is the most complete and extensive collection of English words with similar pronunciations or spellings available today. The purpose of this book is to address the shortcomings of general dictionaries or computer spell-checkers. It allows you to save time and effort searching for those troublesome words and avoid embarrassing mistakes, such as the one where the word "Naval" was misspelled as "Navel" in a graduation certificate during the U.S. Naval Academy’s graduation ceremony. At the time, the school had to recall all the certificates upon discovering the error. Anyone can make such mistakes. However, this book will help you reduce the likelihood of such errors.