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Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage

By Oliver Kamm

Book information

Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Year
2015
ISBN
0297871935, 9780297871934
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
274 kB (280606 bytes)
Pages
320\0
Time added
2015-05-10 15:37:47
Языки и языкознание;Английский язык;Лексикология и

Description

Are standards of English alright - or should that be all right? To knowingly split an infinitive or not to? And what about ending a sentence with preposition, or for that matter beginning one with 'and'? We learn language by instinct, but good English, the pedants tell us, requires rules. Yet, as Oliver Kamm demonstrates, many of the purists' prohibitions are bogus and can be cheerfully disregarded. ACCIDENCE WILL HAPPEN is an authoritative and deeply reassuring guide to grammar, style and the linguistic conundrums we all face.

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