Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation

by Ammon Shea

Book Overview

The author of "Reading the OED" presents an eye-opening look at language mistakes and how they came to be accepted as correct or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or just plain wrong. Whether you consider yourself a stickler,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399165576
• ISBN13: 9780399165573
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher