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The Well-Spoken Thesaurus: The Most Powerful Ways to Say Everyday Words and Phrases

Author Tom Heehler

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Publisher Sourcebooks

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"Try not to serve vichyssoise to a coal miner or Cheerios to the Queen of England. Neither will be amused." Such is the philosophy of linguist Tom Heehler, a man who knows that when it comes to vocabulary, bigger isn't always better. A most uncommon reference, The Well-Spoken Thesaurus is your guide to eloquence, replacing ordinary words with extraordinary ones. For example, as replacements for "absolutely," Roget's thesaurus lists several adverbs-"extremely," "exactly," "perfectly"; The Well- Spoken Thesaurus provides both words and phrases-"categorically," "without question," "by any measure"-that offer greater flexibility in shaping a potent, poetic sentence.

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Tom Heehler

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Release Date: 2011-02-01
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781402243059

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