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Accidence will happen, a recovering pedant's guide to English language and style, Oliver Kamm

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Accidence will happen, a recovering pedant's guide to English language and style, Oliver Kamm

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-289) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Accidence will happen

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

952471938

Responsibility statement

Oliver Kamm

Sub title

a recovering pedant's guide to English language and style

Summary

Are standards of English alright{OCLCbr#95}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 cleverly demonstrates in this new book, 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

Table Of Contents

The state of the language -- The errors of pedanty -- The usage debate -- Usage conundrums from A to Z

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