Scarcely English: An A to Z of Assaults on Our Language - Paperback
by Simon Heffer
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9781804940136ISBN-10:1804940135UPC:9781804940136Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, HumorBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Topic, Grammar & PunctuationBook Topic:LanguageWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCP18ZGKAN
Scarcely English: An A to Z of Assaults on Our Language
The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on by social media and the ubiquity and velocity of the internet, it has been subject to some grave assaults. There appear no longer to be any rules, in an era when, thanks to the web (another word to have changed its meaning) everyone can be a published author, completely...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9781804940136ISBN-10:1804940135UPC:9781804940136Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, HumorBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Topic, Grammar & PunctuationBook Topic:LanguageWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCP18ZGKAN
Simon Heffer was born in 1960. He read English at Cambridge and took a PhD in modern history at that university. His previous books include: Moral Desperado: A Life of Thomas Carlyle, Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell, Power and Place: The Political Consequences of King Edward VII, Nor Shall My Sword: The Reinvention of England, Vaughan Williams, Strictly English, A Short History of...
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