I Must Say: On English, the News, and Other Matters

by Edwin Newman

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446514233
• ISBN13: 9780446514231
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Up Close and Personal with American Language

This is a collection of Mr. Newman's columns, written between 1984 and 1987. In addition to his observations on subjects ranging from smokeless tobacco and celebrity endorsements to British soccer fans and Sylvester Stallone, Newman includes more of his funny-yet-serious complaints about the current sloppiness of the American/English language. Today, in 2002, the problem is even worse. Witness the influx of "like" as in "I was going to go, like, to her house, like, before I went to the, like, beach." Let's hope in his next edition he'll include those gems bequeathed to us by TV jocks: "let's spend a moment of time with" and, heaven help us, the all-invasive "up close and personal," which no less than the Federal Government has adopted. To paraphrase the Good Book, the sins of TV announcers will be visited upon the third and fourth generations."

IF THIS IS TRUE, IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!

Hopefully, Mr Newman will read this review. That is, filled with hope, Mr Newman will read and not be disappointed. In this work Mr Newman comments on the lack of communication we see daily and the destruction of our language. He comments mostly by example, yet often offers the proper form.I had a few problems with the first chapters but was totally entertained for the duration of the book.