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Ever heard a word that made you cringe? TERMS TO MAKE YOU SQUIRM 200 words you shouldn t use focuses on the words and phrases that we over- and misuse, words that have become cliches and words that are easily confused. Using contemporary examples, it shows us why certain words and phrases should be used sparingly if at all and by offering suitable replacements it can help us avoid using those terms that make us squirm.

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It's a fun book -- Fred MacAulay, MacAulay and Co, BBC Radio Scotland 20090728

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Chambers, now Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd following the acquisition of the Harrap bilingual dictionary list in the early 1990s, continues to be based in Edinburgh. As of 2006 it is part of the Hachette Livre UK group of publishers. As well as the core business of publishing dictionaries and thesauruses, Chambers also publishes a range of language-reference titles, reference titles on science, history, biography and quotations, fact books, phrasebooks, and crossword, puzzle and games titles. It is one of the most respected reference publishers in the world.

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