A quirky and irreverent look at the idiosyncracies of the modern English language examines the use of needless redundancies that have become so common that they have become accepted figures of speech, from "armed gunman" and "surviving widow" to "good Samaritan" and "deadly killer." 20,000 first printing.
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrations. Clean book. Pictures on request. N° de réf. du vendeur 022633
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Vendeur : Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 0.7 x 6.3 x 5.5 Inches; 160 pages; Tautology?A word or group of words that unintentionally repeats its meaning.When was the last time you entered your PIN NUMBER into the ATM MACHINE? Or longed for the PERFECT UTOPIA? Using unnecessary words can make written and spoken language a DISORGANIZED MESS, but it?s not just STUPID IDIOTS who do so. We?re all guilty, and this irreverent collection of tautologies catalogs our most common redundancies and wittily defines them. A FUNNY COMIC, for instance, is ?one who?s employed?; a BLACK CROW is ?the outcast in those large albino flocks?; and a SURVIVING WIDOW is ?the last one standing in an all-widow game of Russian roulette.?Beautifully designed and illustrated with comically apt reproductions by the nineteenth-century artist George Cruikshank, Armed Gunmen, True Facts, and Other Ridiculous Nonsense is a welcome antidote to a growing tendency in contemporary usage?and the perfect book for grammarphobes, word geeks, and language lovers alike. N° de réf. du vendeur 84530
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