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Adjectives have long suffered from bad press. For many years, English teachers have been fond of telling students that "adjectives are the enemy of nouns, and adverbs are the enemy of everything else."While it's still advisable to heed your English teacher's advice on most other matters, The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate proves that breaking certain rules can make written and spoken language that much livelier, adding much-needed color, style, and adornment. With this addition to the popular Highly Selective series, the "golden" adjective, at last, gets the star treatment it deserves. From adventitious to zaftig, renowned lexicographer Eugene Ehrlich has collected more than 850 of the most interesting and engaging adjectives in the English language and has provided concise definitions and instructive usage examples. Whether you're a writer, a speaker, or a word buff, this compendious, trenchant, laudable, and all-around fantabulous volume will help you put panache back into your prose.
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (July 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060186364
ISBN-13: 978-0060186364
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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All philologists - people who love literature and the english language - will find this to be a very interesting and useful book. It helps you learn new words and provides their etymology, pronunciation and several sentences. Unlike many other vocabulary books where your not quite sure how to use the words you learn; this book makes it a lot easier. I also recommend:"There's a word for it!" by Charles Harrington ElsterNorman Schur's books "2000 Most Challenging and Obscure Words" and "1000 Most important words."For those you are just beginning to expand their vocabulary the "Word Smart" series is very handy and so it "A Pocket Guide to Vocabulary" 3rd edition by Barron's
I give this book five stars for all the terrific words even though they are not organized by subject to make them a more useful reference for writers. They are certainly a fine collection of adjectives.
I've the added this to my 'collection' of the Dictionary and Thesaurus in the Highly Selective 'series'. As one who enjoys blogging on the national newspaper sites, finding the right word to express a thought is crucial to such a broad audience.
There are three word books, sort of a series, that I know of by Ehrlich. A 'Selective Dictionary', 'Selective Thesaurus' and this one, Golden Adjectives. I read all three straight through (though the entries are formatted alphabetically.) You'll learn some new words for sure, most of which you should never allow yourself to be caught dead using.
I love this series. I have a client, Explainers, who takes the selection of their words very seriously while trying to reduce aliteracy in the workplace.I recently bought this book for them and they absolutely loved it - just as I have. That's the third time I've purchased a book from this series for folks I know who appreciate and study the English language as I do.
My wife bought this kindle book to help with her new project...writing a book. She said it is a great help in finding the right word for the right thought.
Fun book. Well worth the purchase.There were some words i did not know.Good bathroom reading.
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