You Can't Say That! English Usage Today

By:

Laurence Lerner

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Georgian Press

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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.

Release date Australia

March 4th, 2010

Author

Laurence Lerner

Audience

Primary & Secondary Education

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

238

Series

Georgian Press

Dimensions

155x233x10

ISBN-13

9780521140973

Product ID

6299355

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