The Little Book of Confusables
Your invaluable, fun guide to the spellings even smart people screw up
GOLD winner in the 2023 eLit book awards!
We all have language blindspots. What’s yours? PRACTICE/PRACTISE? AFFECT/EFFECT? LOOSE/LOSE?
Using the wrong word can completely change your message – and lead to embarrassing mistakes!
- BALD men aren’t always BOLD.
- DISEASED may be bad, but DECEASED is a whole lot worse.
- Dramatic CORDS require the fashion police.
- And heaven forbid you ask someone to ‘BARE with me’ – unless you’re a fan of getting naked with strangers.
Loved by language professionals, this brilliant bestseller will help you write with confidence and avoid embarrassing mistakes
With 300+ beautifully designed pages in a chunky, flickable format, every home, office, school and college should have one!
Just wonderful! What a clever, useful, nifty book!