You Can't Say That! English Usage Today
Written by Laurence Lerner
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Part of the Georgian Press Series
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You Can't Say That! English Usage Today by Laurence Lerner
Do you see yourself as a linguistic diehard or a trendy radical? Are you more afraid of being mocked for ignorance or of being laughed at for pedantry? How far should we worry about offending people by our choice of words? In this book, the author takes the reader on an enlightening and often amusing journey. Unlike other books on English usage, which simply tell you whats right and whats wrong, You Cant Say That! discusses the issues and so puts you in a position to make your own informed decision. Laurence Lerner, retired professor, novelist and poet, surveys topics as diverse as language change, Standard English, grammar, register, euphemism, political correctness and the consequences of English becoming a world language.About the Author
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Format
Paperback
238 pages
Author
Laurence Lerner
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
4th March 2010
ISBN
9780521140973
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