Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children

Name: A Good Read
Item: Watch Your Language!: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children
Rating: 4
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by Robert M. Gorrell

Discusses euphemisms, etymology, linguistic change, grammar, rules of correctness, overcorrection, spelling and punctuation, wordplay, and other aspects of the English language. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0874172357

ISBN13:9780874172355

Release Date:March 1994

Publisher:University of Nevada Press

Length:232 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Communication Communication & Journalism Communications Dictionaries & Thesauruses Etymology Foreign Language Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference

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A Good Read

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the English language. The writing is amusing and flows well. It is informative and entertaining. If you don't buy it at least check it out at the library.

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