Pocket Guide to Good English

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Chambers, 1985

055018029X / 9780550180292

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Pocket Guide to Good English (1985) by George W. Davidson Publisher: Chambers | ISBN: 9780550180292 | Condition: Good (but perhaps not grammatically perfect) Another literary artefact from Crappy Old Books Ah, 1985: a year of shoulder pads, synth-pop, and the desperate hope that one could finally master the difference between ?its? and ?it?s.? Enter George W. Davidson?s Pocket Guide to Good English , a neat little volume that promised to make the nation?s apostrophes march in order and its dangling participles tuck in their shirts. This copy is rated Good . In Crappy Old Books parlance, that means it has been handled often enough to suggest someone really did try to improve their English, but not so violently that the book gave up. The cover may look like it?s seen a stern lecture or two, but the pages remain intact, ready to wag their fingers at you. Inside, you?ll find concise lessons in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and the peculiar quirks of English usage. Davidson?s tone is brisk, authoritative, and entirely without mercy for split infinitives. Reading it feels a little like being scolded by a kindly schoolmaster who just wants you to stop embarrassing yourself in public. Why might you want this book? Because ?alot? is not a word, no matter how much you use it. Because there?s nothing more British than quietly judging someone else?s grammar. Because slipping a vintage language guide onto your shelf instantly makes you look like the sort of person who has views on the Oxford comma. Because sometimes you need an ironic pocket-sized reminder that ?good English? is a moving target. So here it is: Pocket Guide to Good English ?a slightly scuffed but stalwart companion in the eternal battle against sloppy prose. Condition: Good , advice: occasionally smug, seller: eternally Crappy Old Books . THIS BOOK BEARS THE CRAPPY OLD BOOKS STAMP. IF THAT IS UNDESIRABLE PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS. THE STAMP MARKS WHICH IS USUALLY TO THE FRONT AND BACK INNER PAGES SAYS SOLD BY CRAPPY OLD BOOKS WITH WEB SITE URL. IT IN NO WAY DEMINISHED FROM THE READING. IF YOU WANT A PRISTINE BOOK, PLEASE FIND ANOTHER BOOK IN BETTER CONDITION SOMEWHERE ELSE.…

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Titel
Pocket Guide to Good English
Autor
George W Davidson
Verlag
Chambers
Erscheinungsjahr
1985
Zustand
Good
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
055018029X
ISBN-13
9780550180292

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