Sto jezičnih savjeta

Ivan Brabec’s Sto jezičnih savjeta (One Hundred Language Tips, 1982) is a practical and accessible language handbook intended for the general public, pupils, students, and anyone wishing to improve their everyday written and spoken communication. The handbook grew out of the author’s long-standing work in popularizing language culture and addresses one hundred of the most common linguistic dilemmas speakers encounter in practice. Brabec explains the correct use of words, stress patterns, syntactic structures, and orthographic rules in a simple, conversational, yet professionally grounded manner. Each tip is concisely structured: the common or incorrect usage is presented first, followed by a clear explanation and the correct solution, accompanied by examples from everyday life. The author addresses issues such as the proper use of pronouns and prepositions, pleonasms, unnecessary loanwords, and lexical calques. The handbook reflects the normative guidelines and language policy of its time, emphasizing the importance of purity, precision, and correctness in expression. Although published in 1982, many of the tips provided remain relevant today in both education and everyday language practice.