"The book is for those who take joy in the boundless eccentricities of language. The book's daily entries of obscure words are each linked to a quirk, anecdote, or commemoration that tie them to history."--Provided by publisher.

Rhyming words and illustrations exemplify adverbs and their functions.

Uses cartoon-style characters to explain basic concepts in grammar, discussing such topics as parts of speech, sentence structure, and grammatical agreement.

Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of nouns, from "gown" and "crown" to "boat", "coat", and "clown."

Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of adjectives, from "hairy, scary, cool, and ordinary" to "tan and tall," "funny, frisky, smooth, and small."

Los phrasal verbs o verbos compuestos marcan la diferencia entre comunicarse en ingľs y dominar el idioma. Saber cùndo emplear get at, get back, get by o get on, por ejemplo, es b̀sico para hablar con fluidez y comprender todos los matices. Los ejercicios y el audio gratuito te ayudar̀n a interiorizar estos verbos y conseguir que tu ingľs gane en fluidez y naturalidad. Phrasal verbs or compound verbs make the difference between communicating...

"100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles presents words that people can't keep straight, no matter how hard they try. It features notorious soundalikes, such as aural/oral, bawl out/ball out, errant/arrant, faze/phase, gibe/jibe, and waive/wave, as well as close calls and near misses like baleful/baneful, effectual/efficacious, mitigate/militate, and suppress/repress. As in the other 100 Words books, each entry has a definition and pronunciation,...