Word-study

by Sherwin Cody

small hardcover that contains "errors of Grammar, capitalization, punctuation, business letters, social letters, words often mispronounced, words often misspelled. Also the errors in the use of words - Mistakes of the Purists, half-baked criticism, the right preposition, general faults and words often used incorrectly.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1903

About the author

Alpheus Sherwin Cody was an American writer and entrepreneur who developed a long-running home-study course in speaking and writing and a signature series of advertisements asking “Do You Make These Mistakes in English?” A critic of traditional English education, Cody advocated colloquial style and grammar.