Say What You Mean!: A Troubleshooter's Guide to English Style and Usage - Couverture rigide

Trask, Lecturer In Linguistics R L

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1567922635 ISBN 13 : 9781567922639

Editeur : David R. Godine Publisher Inc, 2005

Synopsis

Book by R L Trask

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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'.

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1567922635
• ISBN 13: 9781567922639
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 289
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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