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Gowers, Rebecca

 
9780141978970: Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English
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ISBN 10 : 014197897X ISBN 13 : 9780141978970
Editeur : Penguin, 2017

Synopsis

'Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening' The Times

Nothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous otherization. But is it enough simply to dismiss these words as vile and barbarous howlers? Taking a genial tour far and wide through our linguistic badlands, Rebecca Gowers finds answers that are helpful, surprising and often extremely funny.

'Exuberant, erudite, informative and fun ... a call on all English-speakers to trust their own feel for their language, to relish their verbal inventiveness and to do battle against the pedants who tell them they are wrong' Michael Skapinker, Financial Times

'A very useful book, packed with good historical sense' Lynne Truss, The Times

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À propos de l'auteur

Rebecca Gowers is the author of The Swamp of Death, shortlisted for the CWA non-fiction Golden Dagger Award, and of two novels, When to Walk and The Twisted Heart, both longlisted for the Orange Prize. She is also the most recent editor of Plain Words, the classic guide to the use of English by her great-grandfather Sir Ernest Gowers.

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Éditeur
Penguin
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
014197897X
ISBN 13 
9780141978970
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
224
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