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The Highly Selective Dictionary For The Extraordinarily Literate

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By: Eugene H. Ehrlich
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Publisher: Collins
Pub. Date: 22nd May 1997
Catalog: Book
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 224
Ean: 9780062701909
Isbn: 0062701908

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USER REVIEWS

Great gift for the writer
~ Written on Mar 21, 2008. out of users found this review helpful.

If you are a lover of the English language, this is a great gift for the writer you know.

You dont have to be that literate
~ Written on Jan 7, 2008. out of 1 users found this review helpful.

I already knew most of the words, which weren't that interesting or useful anyway. It isn't a bad book but not my favorite of the genre.

Great for beginnings and endings
~ Written on Sep 8, 2007. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

This is not a thesaurus for run of the mill word replacement, but it is exceptional at providing snappy starts or intriguing ending for articles. The key to attracting a reader is capturing him with the opening sentence or paragraph, and the right word can help with this. This book provides those eye catching entries, as well as providing words or phrases that wrap up thoughts and elements in your article body. Well worth the price, I believe it got me a couple of freelance opportunities by spicing up my query letter.

Not a great resource
~ Written on Mar 22, 2006. 3 out of 9 users found this review helpful.

This dictionary definitely has some interesting words and the appropriate definitions, but it is not very comprehensive. I purchased the book last week and several words I tried to look up were not listed: ecumenical, for starters. Please excuse my spelling of ecumenical, because I don't have a real dictionary with me at the moment.
Purchase this book only if you intend to keep it right next to a real dictionary, and in that case you might not need it.

i was expecting something different
~ Written on Oct 29, 2005. 5 out of 10 users found this review helpful.

the title led me to believe i would be getting a humorous work. after all, the title had to be tongue-in-cheek, right?

what i got is an idiosyncratic selection of words the author assumes only 'highly' literate people would know, with a few medical and other professional terms thrown in.

it is depressing to think that some, or even most,of these words are assumed not to be known by literate people. heaven knows, standards are slipping, but i've read and spoken most of these words for decades.

perhaps the better companion book to this one would be steve allens _dumpth, the dumbing of america_. because if this book represents extraordinary literacy, we're in serious trouble.

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