The Language Wars: A History of Proper English
What really is correctness? Why do people care so much about it? What is at stake in the quarrel about good and bad usage?
What really is correctness? Why do people care so much about it? What is at stake in the quarrel about good and bad usage?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781848542082 (1848542089)
ASIN: 1848542089
Publish date: 2011-02-03
Publisher: John Murray
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
An interesting and accessible exploration of the English language and aspects of usage that people get worked up about. Hitchings approaches the subject from a broad-minded, descriptivist angle (as opposed to traditionalist/prescriptivist) and uses a variety of historical and amusing points to chall...
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