Publication

2001-04-11 - St. Martin's Griffin

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780312263942
  • Open LibraryOL9454283M

Classifications

  • DDC428.2
  • LCCPE1112 .L38 1999

Description

"Lederer has teamed up with Richard Dowis to take readers on another journey through the world's most wonderful, albeit perplexing, language. How many times have we all heard the word viable used in company meetings? Lederer and Dowis show us how "viable," somewhere along the line, was extracted from medical books, where it literally means "capable of living," and placed into the business lexicon, where it means ... well, who knows?"--BOOK JACKET. "The authors clear up once and for all the confusion between lay and lie and put to rest some common myths about language."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

"I don't want to talk grammar, I want to talk like a lady," says the irrepressible Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically ChallengedPaperbackSt. Martin's Griffin2001-04-11

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