Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language

Patricia T. O'Conner

ISBN 10: 1400066603 / ISBN 13: 9781400066605

Verlag: Random House, 2009

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Inhaltsangabe:

A lighthearted assessment of English-language conundrums, co-written by the author of Woe Is I, challenges such popular notions as the superiority of British English, the wrongness of "ain't," and the reasons "niche" does not rhyme with "quiche;" in a lighthearted primer drawn from the authors' popular blog, GrammarPhobia.com.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Patricia T. O'Conner, a former editor at The New York Times Book Review, has written four books on language and writing–the bestselling Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English; Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know About Writing; Woe Is I Jr.: The Younger Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English; and You Send Me: Getting It Right When You Write Online.

Stewart Kellerman has been an editor at The New York Times and a foreign correspondent for UPI in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He co-authored You Send Me with his wife, Patricia T. O'Conner, and he runs their website and blog at grammarphobia.com. They live in rural Connecticut.

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Titel: Origins of the Specious: Myths and ...
Verlag: Random House
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good