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Book Review: Word Trippers “a Lifesaver!”

February 5, 2015 by Barbara McNichol Leave a Comment

by Diana DeSpain Schramer, Copy Editor

What a lifesaver for writers and editors alike!

Fellow NAIWE member Barbara McNichol has compiled in one easy-to-navigate manual the most crazy-making words from A-Z that, yes, trip us up. No more scrambling through stacks of reference books, as now the answers we seek are right at our fingertips.

Business Writing Skills Guide

Word Trippers

Who among us hasn’t agonized over “affect” or “effect”? “Lay” or “lie”? “Who” or “whom”? Word Trippers comes to our rescue, but it doesn’t stop there. It also includes homophones that trip us up, like vial/vile and waver/waiver. Excellent!

Personal Word Tripper

My personal word tripper is “comprise” or “compose.” I have sought several sources and have never found an explanation to help keep them straight in my mind. Until now. Thank you, Word Trippers!

Editor’s note: Thanks, Diana. I’m honored you shared this on NAIWE, Amazaon, and Goodreads.

To purchase this book, go to http://tiny.cc/BarbaraMcNichol

Readers: What is YOUR personal word tripper? Comment here!

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