Bad English
By
Ammon Shea
Read by
Mike Chamberlain
Release:
08/19/2014
Release:
08/19/2014
Release:
08/19/2014
Release:
08/19/2014
Runtime:
7h 22m
Runtime:
7h 22m
Runtime:
7h 22m
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On the playground of language, there is no more mischievous laddie than Ammon Shea.
Roy Peter Clark, author of The Glamour of Grammar
English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or just plain wrong.
Whether you consider yourself a stickler, a nitpicker, or a rule-breaker in the know, Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the book chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases, including decimate, hopefully, enormity, that vs. which, enervate vs. energize, bemuse vs. amuse, literally vs. figuratively, ain't, irregardless, socialist, OMG, and stupider.
Lively, funny, and surprising, this is a book that will settle arguments among word lovers—and it's sure to start a few, too.
Whether you consider yourself a stickler, a nitpicker, or a rule-breaker in the know, Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the book chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases, including decimate, hopefully, enormity, that vs. which, enervate vs. energize, bemuse vs. amuse, literally vs. figuratively, ain't, irregardless, socialist, OMG, and stupider.
Lively, funny, and surprising, this is a book that will settle arguments among word lovers—and it's sure to start a few, too.
Release:
2014-08-19
2014-08-19
2014-08-19
2014-08-19
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
7h 22m
7h 22m
7h 22m
7h 22m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
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0.53 lb
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0.55 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781494574437
9798200035113
9798200035120
9781494504434
Publisher:
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
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