Overview

This expanded fourth edition defines and cross-references 9,026 homophones and 2,127 homographs (up from 7,870 and 1,554 in the 3rd ed.). As the most comprehensive compilation of American homophones (words that sound alike) and homographs (look-alikes), this latest edition serves well where even the most modern spell-checkers and word processors fail - although rain, reign, and rein may be spelled correctly, the context in which these words may appropriately be used is not obvious to a computer.

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Author:   James B Hobbs
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   0.830kg
ISBN:  

9780786424887

ISBN 10:   0786424885
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   30 July 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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a serious work of exemplary scholarship that stands alone in the field...recommended --Booklist; comprehensive, authoritative, and useful sourcebook --ARBA; valuable resource...the annotated bibliography is more than seven excellent pages in length...useful --Library Journal; a fascinating compendium of potential misunderstandings...a gold mine for students of English and for writers, journalists, and instructors...recommended --Choice; the best roster of these phenoma --Wilson Library Bulletin; a good choice for any library --Reference Quarterly; a good sourcebook --C&RL News; the interesting annotated bibliography is a useful, critical guide to a very wide range of relevant dictionaries and commentaries...essential --Reference Reviews.

a serious work of exemplary scholarship that stands alone in the field...recommended --Booklist; comprehensive, authoritative, and useful sourcebook --ARBA; valuable resource...the annotated bibliography is more than seven excellent pages in length...useful --Library Journal; a fascinating compendium of potential misunderstandings...a gold mine for students of English and for writers, journalists, and instructors...recommended --Choice; the best roster of these phenomena --Wilson Library Bulletin; a good choice for any library --Reference Quarterly; a good sourcebook --C&RL News; the interesting annotated bibliography is a useful, critical guide to a very wide range of relevant dictionaries and commentaries...essential --Reference Reviews.

Author Information

The late James B. Hobbs was professor emeritus at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania.

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