Troublesome Words

What is the difference between <i>mean</i> and <i>median</i>, <i>blatant</i> and <i>flagrant</i>, <i>flout</i> and <i>flaunt</i>? Is it <i>whodunnit</i> or <i>whodunit</i>? Do you know? Are you sure?<br> <br> With <i>Troublesome Words</i>, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word for over twenty years.<br> <br> So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives, are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas or were wondering if that newsreader was right to say '<i>an</i> historic day', this superb book is the place to find out.