Does Your Flamingo Flamenco? The Best Little Dictionary of Confusing Words and Malapropisms

by Arlene Miller

Stumped about any of these?
Hunger pains or hunger pangs?
Runner-ups or runners-up?
Spitting image or spit and image?
Some time or sometime?
Lay or lie?
Venal or venial?
Shined or shone?
Retroactive from or retroactive to?
Effect or affect?
Buck naked or butt naked?


Find all the answers in this handy guide, written by Arlene Miller, The Grammar Diva. "Does
Your Flamingo Flamenco? The Best Little Book of Confusing Words and Malapropisms" contains over 250 confusing word pairs, word groups, and idioms. They are all listed alphabetically and cross-referenced, with a handy table of contents.


"Arlene Miller is not only an expert at grammar, but she’s a terrific writer. Her books are well presented and fun—full of information that all writers need." Linda Loveland Reid, Art Historian, Author, Painter, Theater Director, Business Owner, former President of Redwood Writers.

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Published August 14, 2017

About the author

I have written eleven grammar books: The Best Little Grammar Book Ever, Correct Me If I'm Wrong, Beyond Worksheets, The Great Grammar Cheat Sheet, The Best Grammar Workbook Ever, Fifty Shades of Grammar, The Second Edition of The Best Little Grammar Book Ever, The Best Little Grammar Workbook Ever, Does Your Flaming Flamenco, and The Best Little Grammar Collection Ever, and To Comma or Not to Comma. My books are aimed at an audience from about 6th grade through adult. I recently left teaching after 11 years as a middle school English teacher. I now concentrate on my business full time. My company, bigwords101, conducts grammar/writing workshops and presentations for corporations and other groups; sends out a weekly grammar blog; and publishes grammar books. I have also written a novel, Girls of a Feather. And I just released a dating memoir, When Life Hands You Frogs. There are plans in the works for online classes and a business writing book. And then, maybe fiction?

Reviews

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. I cannot wait to read others by this author. This book should be a high school text book. Funny, witty and to the point. Thank you for writing this!

[Eve · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good resources for students of language and writing.