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Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English
Rebecca Gowers
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Description for Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFA; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
'Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening' The Times Nothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous otherization. But is it enough simply to dismiss these words as vile and barbarous howlers? Taking a genial tour far and wide through our linguistic badlands, Rebecca Gowers finds answers that are helpful, surprising and often extremely funny. 'Exuberant, erudite, informative and fun ... a call on all English-speakers to trust their own feel for their language, to relish their verbal ... Read more
'Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening' The Times Nothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous otherization. But is it enough simply to dismiss these words as vile and barbarous howlers? Taking a genial tour far and wide through our linguistic badlands, Rebecca Gowers finds answers that are helpful, surprising and often extremely funny. 'Exuberant, erudite, informative and fun ... a call on all English-speakers to trust their own feel for their language, to relish their verbal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141978970
SKU
V9780141978970
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-90
About Rebecca Gowers
Rebecca Gowers is the author of The Swamp of Death, shortlisted for the CWA non-fiction Golden Dagger Award, and of two novels, When to Walk and The Twisted Heart, both longlisted for the Orange Prize. She is also the most recent editor of Plain Words, the classic guide to the use of English by her great-grandfather Sir Ernest Gowers.
Reviews for Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English
Will have you enraptured by etymology ... Hugely enjoyable
Reader's Digest
Witty and erudite ... A splendid antidote to small-minded pedantry
Robbie Millen
The Times
A joy - informative and irreverent
Caroline Taggart A very useful book, packed with good historical sense
Lynne Truss
The Times
Witty ... wry ... As ... Read more
Reader's Digest
Witty and erudite ... A splendid antidote to small-minded pedantry
Robbie Millen
The Times
A joy - informative and irreverent
Caroline Taggart A very useful book, packed with good historical sense
Lynne Truss
The Times
Witty ... wry ... As ... Read more