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You Can't Say That! English Usage Today

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title You Can't Say That! English Usage Today
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Laurence Lerner
SeriesGeorgian Press
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:238
Dimensions(mm): Height 233,Width 155
ISBN/Barcode 9780521140973
ClassificationsDewey:428.24
Audience
Primary & Secondary Education
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 4 March 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Do you see yourself as a linguistic diehard or a trendy radical? Are you more afraid of being mocked for ignorance or of being laughed at for pedantry? How far should we worry about offending people by our choice of words? In this book, the author takes the reader on an enlightening and often amusing journey. Unlike other books on English usage, which simply tell you whats right and whats wrong, You Cant Say That! discusses the issues and so puts you in a position to make your own informed decision. Laurence Lerner, retired professor, novelist and poet, surveys topics as diverse as language change, Standard English, grammar, register, euphemism, political correctness and the consequences of English becoming a world language.