Piercy Joseph - A Word A Day 365 Words To Augment Your Vocabulary - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A Word a Day contains 365 carefully selected words that will enhance and expand your vocabulary along with their meanings origins and sample usage and fascinating word - related facts and trivia. It is estimated that on average an English - speaking adult has acquired a functioning vocabulary of 25,000 words by the time they reach middle age. That sounds like a lot and more than enough for the daily purposes of communicating with each other in speech and writing. However it is hard to feel quite so sanguine about our word power when considering those 25,000 words account for less than fifteen per cent of the total words in current usage in the English language. Furthermore new words are created all the time and as the word pool flourishes can we afford to allow our vocabulary to stagnate? Logophile Joseph Piercy has the answer: a simple challenge to learn A Word a Day from this user - friendly onomasticon (that's a word list designed for a specific purpose in case you were wondering ). Each of the 365 words have been carefully selected for their elegance and pertinence in everyday situations and every entry contains a clear and concise outline of meaning origin and sample usage in context alongside fascinating word related facts and trivia. A Word a Day is a treasure trove of fascination and fun for all language lovers delve in and enhance your vocabulary.
Title: A Word A Day 365 Words To Augment Your Vocabulary
Author(s): Piercy Joseph
Publisher: Michael O'mara Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781789293647
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 5/1/2022
Series: I Used to Know That
Category: Reference Works