Common Errors in English by Grenville Kleiser

DETAILS :

Author: Grenville Kleiser 
Publisher: ‎ APH Publishing Corporation
Publication date: ‎ 30 December 2005
Language: ‎ English
Print length: ‎ 210 pages
ISBN-10: ‎ 8176487139
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-8176487139
Item Weight: ‎ 400 g

ABOUT THE BOOK

Common Errors in English, authored by the legendary educator, author, and pioneer of self-development courses Grenville Kleiser (1868–1935), is an enduring masterpiece of practical linguistics and grammatical discipline. As an iconic text in the study of speech, rhetoric, and precision writing, this handbook functions as an essential stylistic filter for writers, public speakers, journalists, and language enthusiasts. The core philosophy of this text centers on lexical purification and syntactic dignity—proving that intellectual impact and professional authority are built directly upon the elimination of careless colloquialisms, structural redundancies, and grammatical distortions.

The book is structured as a systematic, encyclopedic diagnostic manual, bypassing dry, historical abstract theories to target the everyday linguistic pitfalls made by both native and non-native speakers. Kleiser presents his commentary as a direct corrective guide, moving seamlessly through various linguistic issues without the use of fragmented checklists. He unmasks hidden tautologies like "return back" or "advance forward" to streamline prose for maximum impact while deconstructing how loose sentence construction and poor modifier placement completely destroy the intended meaning of a statement. Furthermore, the volume provides meticulous clarity on precise semantic boundaries between easily confused word pairs, ensuring that errors in case, number, tense, and idiom are systematically rooted out of formal expression.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Grenville Kleiser was an elite Canadian-born American author, speech coach, and instructor of Public Speaking at Yale Divinity School. A highly prolific writer on rhetoric, his classic guides include How to Speak in Public, Word-Power: How to Develop It, and Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases, establishing his legacy as a foundational master of early 20th-century communication training.