Points of view
aspects of present-day English
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Author
Publication
1992 - Oxford University Press, Oxford [England, England
Language
English
Word Count
37,500 words, Guess
Page Count
150 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1564528M
- ISBN-100192829432
- OCLC Control Number25050355
- OCLC Control Numberpointsofviewaspe0000burc
- Library of Congress Control Number91046213
and 2 more
- Goodreads1768998
- LibraryThing1641185
Classifications
- DDC420/.904
- LCCPE1072 .B793 1992
- LCCPE1072.B793 1992
Description
Points of View begins with two original and entertaining reflections, the first entitled "The Fowler Brothers and the Tradition of Usage Handbooks," the second "An Outline of Euphemisms in English." The selection of shorter pieces which follows--drawn from Burchfield's popular Sunday Times of London column, "Words and Meanings"--concerns the English language as it is used throughout the world. These cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from the language of newspaper recruitment advertising and Valentine's Day messages to the modern use (and misuse) of apostrophes and hyphens. The book concludes with a series of engaging thoughts on individual words--often the most simple--about which there is continuing debate in modern English.
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