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HORRIBLE WORDS
A GUIDE TO THE MISUSE OF ENGLISH |
| By: |
Rebecca Gowers |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1846148510 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781846148514 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
31 March, 2016 |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
A guide to the most reviled words in English, masquerading as advice on how and why you might want to use them. It is also a bold manifesto that asserts our common rights over English, even as it questions the true nature of style. |
| Synopsis: |
Nothing inflames the language gripers like a misplaced disinterested, an illogical irregardless, a hideous operationalisation. To purists these are 'howlers' and 'non-words', fit only for scorn. But in their rush to condemn such terms, are the naysayers missing something? In this provocative and hugely entertaining book, Rebecca Gowers throws light on a great array of horrible words, and shows how the diktats of the pedants are repeatedly based on misinformation, false reasoning and straight-up snobbery. The result is a brilliant work of history, a surreptitious introduction to linguistics, and a mischievous salute to the misusers of the language. It is also a bold manifesto asserting our common rights over English, even as it questions the true nature of style. |
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UK |
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Particular Books |
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Returnable |
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