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Quite Literally (E-Book) problem words and how to use them Wynford Hicks

By: Wynford HicksPublisher: London : Routledge, 2004Description: 251 sISBN: 0-415-32019-4 (m); 978-0-415-32019-1 (inb.)Subject(s): English language -- terms and phrases | English language -- usage | (E-Book)DDC classification: 423.1 Summary: What's an alibi, a bete noire? Should you split infinitives, end sentences with prepositions, start them with conjunctions? What about four-letter words, euphemisms, foreign words, Americanisms, cliches, slang, jargon? And does the Queen speak the Queen's English? In "Problem Words", Wynford Hicks answers questions like these.

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What's an alibi, a bete noire? Should you split infinitives, end sentences with prepositions, start them with conjunctions? What about four-letter words, euphemisms, foreign words, Americanisms, cliches, slang, jargon? And does the Queen speak the Queen's English? In "Problem Words", Wynford Hicks answers questions like these.

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