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Who Cares About English Usage? David Crystal

Who Cares About English Usage? By David Crystal

Who Cares About English Usage? by David Crystal


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This revised guide to some of the controversies of English usage includes informal quizzes inviting the reader to make decisions about "correct" usage, leading to a discussion about the circumstances where usages are appropriate, and when they are not.

Who Cares About English Usage? Summary

Who Cares About English Usage?: Second Edition by David Crystal

A revised edition of David Crystal's classic guide surveying some of the more amusing controversies within the English language. Written with much common sense, a sharp eye and keen wit, WHO CARES ABOUT ENGLISH USAGE will equip any reader with the skills and sensitivity to use language as a powerful tool - rather than being thwarted by its many idiosyncracies.

About David Crystal

David Crystal is a linguist, author, broadcaster and leading authority on language. The author of many books for Penguin, including LANGUAGE PLAY, THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF LANGUAGE and (published in May 2000) WORDS ON WORDS, he is also the editor of THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPAEDIA. He lives in Holyhead, Anglesey.

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GOR002316530
9780140289510
0140289518
Who Cares About English Usage?: Second Edition by David Crystal
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
2000-08-03
128
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