You Can't Say That! English Usage Today Paperback / softback
by Laurence Lerner
Part of the Georgian Press series
Paperback / softback
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:238 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/03/2010
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- ISBN:9780521140973
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:238 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/03/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521140973
