Dictionary of Confusable Words

Herausgeber: Room, Adrian

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Adjacent or adjoining? Abuse or misuse? Consist, comprise, constitute, or compose? Guarantee or warranty? Pose, propose, or propound? Stationery or stationary? The "Dictionary of Confusable Words" aims to clear up the confusion in such cases. In more than 1,100 entries, the meaning of 3,000 individual words are given, the difference between them is explained, and an illustrative example showing the correct usage is provided.
The book also includes specific examples to show past and present usage of words, and words occuring as the second or subsequent in a group are cross-referenced to ther head word in the appropriate alphabetical place. Editor Adrian Room has also included some familiar proper names that are sometimes confused, such as Liberia and Libya (countries), Monterey and Monterrey (towns), and Lloyds and Lloyd's (financial institutions).
Classic or classical? Discreet or discrete? Continual or Continuous? Principle or Principal? Confused? Be confused no longer, with this handy book as your user-friendly guide.

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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781579582715
• ISBN-10: 1579582710
• Artikelnr.: 21868730

Autorenporträt

Adrian Room, Anne-Lucie Norton

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Economic-Based Reparations: History and Future: Chapter 1;
International Legal Responsibility & Reparations for Transatlantic Slavery,
Nora Wittmann; Chapter 2: The trade in enslaved Africans and slavery after
1807, Marika Sherwood; Chapter 3: Learning lessons from history? The
International Legal Framework for Combating Modern Slavery, Steve Peers;
Chapter 4: Reparations: The Universal Periodic Review and the Right to
Development, Rohan Kariyawasam; Part II Reparations as a Legal Strategy;
Chapter 5: Formulating the Case for Reparations, Lord Anthony Gifford;
Chapter 6: Litigation And Political Action To Address Historic Injustices
In The United States: Problems And Prospects, Dinah Shelton; Chapter 7: Two
Hundred Years After The Abolition Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Could
There Be A Juridical Basis For The Call For Reparations, Kwesi Quartey;
Chapter 8: Restitution After Slavery, Kate Bracegirdle; Chapter 9: Judge,
Jurisprudence and Slavery in England 1729-1807, Sheila Dziobon; Part III
Pluralism: Strategies for Reparations; Chapter 10: Slave Trade Reparations,
Institutional Racism and the Law, Fernne Brennan, Chapter 11: The Value of
Experience: What Post World War 2 Settlements Teach us About Reparations,
Clemens Nathan; Chapter 12: An Interview with Clemens Nathan, Chris
Burnett; Chapter 13: Reparations For Slavery And The Trans-Atlantic Slave
Trade: The Case For Special Measures