The Accidents of Style Good Advice on How Not

Just like automobile accidents, accidents of style occur all over the English-speaking world, in print and on the Internet, thousands of times every day. Charles Harrington Elster shows you how to navigate the hairpin turns of grammar, diction, spelling, and punctuation with an entertaining driver's manual covering 350 common word hazards and infractions, arranged in order of complexity for writers of all levels. The Accidents of Style will help you drive home what you want to say.

Charles Harrington Elster is a nationally recognized authority on language. He is the orthoepist for Wordnik.com and the author of Verbal Advantage and many other books. His articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Boston Globe, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in San Diego, California. Find out more at http://members.authorsguild.net/chelster.

Introduction	p. 1
A Note to the Reader	p. 5
How Accident-Prone Are You?	p. 7
The Accidents of Style	p. 11
Are You Roadworthy?	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 271
Index	p. 275
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The Accidents of Style Good Advice on How Not to Write Badly

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