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How to Say It and Write It Correctly NOW: The Ultimate Reference Book, Containing Practical Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling Rules, Homonyms, Medical Terms, Layperson's Legal Dictionary, Major Art Terms -- and More!

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This is one of the few fact-filled books that is easy, and FUN, to read. Dr. Aurelio has a big smile on the cover, very warm and friendly for a Ph.D., and in an interview with our local public radio station, he came across the same way---with local trivia about his home area around Boston, and even the meaning of some common baseball words (in honor of the Boston Red Sox, who were getting their World Series rings that day).
In essence, the book says that learning the correct grammar, punctuation and spelling rules can be very satisfying, even though the English language is made up of almost one million words.
Aurelio says that approximately 70 percent of the words in common use can be boiled down to just 175 prefixes, roots and suffixes. For example, the root "demo" means "people," and is the root of words like "democracy" and "epidemic."
He also has chapters on medical and legal words, meeting the common challenge that absolutely no average person can understand a prescription form, or virtually anything said by a lawyer.
There is also a list of the origins of many popular words or terms --for example "skyscraper" is from a term used by sailors some 200 years ago to describe a sail at the top of a mast.
So pick up the book, find words you like, or would like to learn, and you'll find yourself full of confidence, and smiling, as you wade into your next meeting or social event!

I bought 5 books to distribute to all my newspaper editors. A must for reporters and editors.

I purchased this book to aid me in my studies to become a Medical TRanscriptionist, and I would have to say it should be purchased by anyone who is going into this field or anyone who is going to be ttyping any type of dictation.

It is very easy to read and to understand.

Fran
Flint, MI

It certainly is all the things listed in the title, which are interesting, but I simply wanted to check the spelling of a word quickly while writing. But,if anyone wants to know everything about a word, it is certainly all there. I bought one for myself and two for my son and daughter,who live in NY and Boston. I tried in vain to send the two to seperate addresss. That day, for some reason, Amazon didn't show alternate address boxes and all were sent to me. I still have not taken them to the post office,because of ill health. This is in no way the fault of the sender. They have e-mailed me and explained that they had no way of knowing the book was supposed to be sent to another address. Of course they could not have. I rank the seller 5 stars.