Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English - Brossura

Trask, R L

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ISBN 10: 0140514767 ISBN 13: 9780140514766

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2002

Riassunto

Can anything be described as 'very real'? There are so many obstacles on the way to writing clear, precise ('accurate'?) English ('english'?) that it is a wonder ('wander'?) anyone ('any one' or 'anyone'?) can be understood. Fortunately, all those who have ever feared being shown up by using one of the twenty worst words and phrases to be avoided at all costs, or confusing the complex with the complicated, can now relax and even enjoy a trouble-shooting guide to good writing. Trask's wonderfully readable and authoritative book adjudicates on hundreds of contentious issues from politically correct language to whether to write 'napkin' or 'serviette'.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Larry Trask is the author of such well-received books as The Penguin Guide to Punctuation and The Penguin Dictionary of English Grammar. He was born in western New York State in 1944 and came to England in 1970. He now teaches at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0140514767
• ISBN 13: 9780140514766
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 320