Quite Literally

Problem Words and How to use Them

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Writing & Publishing, Composition & Creative Writing, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Wynford Hicks ISBN: 9781134361656
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: June 4, 2004
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Wynford Hicks
ISBN: 9781134361656
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: June 4, 2004
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This is a guide to English usage for readers and writers, professional and amateur, established and aspiring, formal trainees and those trying to break in; students of English, both language and literature, and their teachers.

In Quite Literally, Wynford Hicks answers questions like:

  • What's an alibi, a bete noire, a celibate, a dilemma?
  • Should underway be two words?
  • Is the word 'meretricious' worth using at all?
  • How do you spell realise - with an s or a z - and should bete be bête?
  • Should you split infinitives, end sentences with prepositions, start them with conjunctions?
  • What about four-letter words, euphemisms, foreign words, Americanizms, clichés, slang, jargon?
  • And does the Queen speak the Queen's English?

The advice given can be applied to both formal speech - what is carefully considered, broadcast, presented, scripted or prepared for delivery to a public audience - and will even enhance your everyday languange too!

Practical and fun, whether to improve your writing for professional purposes or simply enjoy exploring the highways and byways of English usage, readers from all walks of life will find this book both invaluable and enjoyable.

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This is a guide to English usage for readers and writers, professional and amateur, established and aspiring, formal trainees and those trying to break in; students of English, both language and literature, and their teachers.

In Quite Literally, Wynford Hicks answers questions like:

The advice given can be applied to both formal speech - what is carefully considered, broadcast, presented, scripted or prepared for delivery to a public audience - and will even enhance your everyday languange too!

Practical and fun, whether to improve your writing for professional purposes or simply enjoy exploring the highways and byways of English usage, readers from all walks of life will find this book both invaluable and enjoyable.

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