Lost for Words: The Mangling and Manipulating of the English Language

ISBN-10: 0340836598
ISBN-13: 9780340836590
Series: Lost for Words
Category: English language
Pages: 334
Language: English
Published: 2005
Publisher: Coronet
Author: John Humphrys

Description

This title exposes the depths to which our use of the English language has sunk and offers many examples of the most common atrocities. The author also dispenses some sensible guidance and insists that language should be simple, clear and honest. Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004.

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Lost for Words
- 2019-07-04
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Andersen Press Limited
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- 2018-08-08
- 314 pages
- Paperback
- Ylva Verlag E.Kfr.
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- 2017-04-20
- 368 pages
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- 272 pages
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