ACCIDENCE WILL HAPPEN by Oliver Kamm ( 9781780227955 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

ACCIDENCE WILL HAPPEN
THE NON-PEDANTIC GUIDE TO ENGLISH

By:

Oliver Kamm

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Paperback

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1780227957

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Publisher:

ORION PUBLISHING CO

Pub. date:

22 October, 2015

Pages:

320

Description:

THE TIMES columnist Oliver Kamm takes on the pedants in this witty, authoritative and sometimes provocative guide to the use and abuse of the English language.

Synopsis:

Are standards of English alright - or should that be all right?To knowingly split an infinitive or not to?And what about ending a sentence with preposition, or for that matter beginning one with 'and'?We learn language by instinct, but good English, the pedants tell us, requires rules. Yet, as Oliver Kamm demonstrates, many of the purists' prohibitions are bogus and can be cheerfully disregarded. ACCIDENCE WILL HAPPEN is an authoritative and deeply reassuring guide to grammar, style and the linguistic conundrums we all face.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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