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- Author: Laurence Lerner
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Year: 2010
- Pages: 238
- ISBN-10: 0521140978
- ISBN-13: 9780521140973
- Format: 15.2 x 23.1 x 1.3 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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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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- Author: Laurence Lerner
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Year: 2010
- Pages: 238
- ISBN-10: 0521140978
- ISBN-13: 9780521140973
- Format: 15.2 x 23.1 x 1.3 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
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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