Dictionary of Fine Distinctions

Dictionary of Fine DistinctionsDelightful Steven Pinker A joy to read David Crystal Gulp it down Lucy Mangan A gem Simon Garfield Swamp or bog? Guilt or shame? Clementine or tangerine? We like to think that we choose our words with care, but are we using them with any degree of accuracy or should that be precision? For hair splitters and language lovers, Dictionary of Fine Distinctions explores the world of the vanishingly small, teasing apart the terms that we tend to collapse,