Between You and I: A Little Book of Bad English

Between You and I: A Little Book of Bad English image
ISBN-10:

1402203314

ISBN-13:

9781402203312

Author(s): Cochrane, James
Edition: Highlighting
Released: Mar 01, 2005
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
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Description:

In the spirit of the bestselling Eats, Shoots & Leaves, this is an informative and highly amusing little book about bad English, full of examples of the incorrect grammar and usage that often pervades modern radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, classroom discussions and political speeches.
As the author explains, he does not take issue with the so-called "educated or uneducated" uses of the English language. Between You and I is more concerned with the particular form of English debasement we now have, which might be called the "half-educated" uses of language.

Readers may be surprised to find that much of what they thought was "bad" English is in fact perfectly good, and that what they have learned to think of as "good" English is sometimes ignorant, dishonest or just plain stupid.


























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