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Charles Harrington Elster

Charles Harrington Elster
Charles Harrington Elster is a writer, broadcaster, and logophile. His books include Tooth and Nail and Test of Time; There’s a Word for It; What in the Word?; The Accidents of Style: Good Advice on How Not to Write Badly; and The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations.


Are You Misusing These Common Words?

On the Rules of Usage You Might Be Breaking
October 25, 2018  By Charles Harrington Elster
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