Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English - Brossura

Partridge, Eric

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393317099 ISBN 13: 9780393317091

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997

Riassunto

Which is preferred - nom de plume, pseudonym, or pen name? What are neologisms, disguised conjunctions, and fused participles? Language enters into almost every part of human life and yet it is all too often misused: directness and clarity disappear in a whirl of clichés, euphemisms, and wooliness of expression.

Janet Whitcut has revised Eric Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. She has also added a section to the book entitled "Vogue Words," which includes words that have acquired a new power and influence.

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Product Description

Usage and Abusage is a classic that has stood up well to the passage of time. But language does evolve over the years, and new problems (such as the use of "hopefully") and current topics (such as "sexism") have engendered a whole new vocabulary, which cannot be omitted from any book discussing the English of the 1990s. In this new edition, Janet Whitcut has revised Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. In addition, she has added a section to the book entitled Vogue Words, which includes words such as "crash" "symbiotic, " and "viable" that have acquired a power and an influence beyond those that they originally possessed. Usage and Abusage wittily attacks linguistic abusage of all kinds and offers constructive advice on the proper use of English.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393317099
• ISBN 13: 9780393317091
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400
• Redattore: Whitcut Janet
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile