Talking Correctly for Success

by James A. Fisher

We all think of our appearance as our physical looks, mannerisms or dress. And these are certainly important in a job interview, for success in a sales call, for job promotion or social acceptance.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962594105
• ISBN13: 9780962594106
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Avant Publishing Company
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Quick-Learn Guide to Avoiding the Pitfalls in English

..... From at least the time of Shakespeare, pundits have been decrying the lack of class. Noel Coward did it with such wit that it became an amusing pastime. Lerner and Loewe distilled the concept into speech-both its sound and patterns-in the popular "My Fair Lady." And now we have James A. Fisher who makes the same point in an effort to improve matters if we will but cooperate. Fisher is determined that we should speak impeccable English for success's sake. In "Talking Correctly for Success," he aims to teach us how to avoid the most heinous pitfalls of our language in a very funny book. Thus, he makes it easy to order at a French restaurant without sounding as if we grew up learning to read phonetically and believing the rest of the world did, too. He decries "Slurvian," our tendency to say "Djoo Eet?" for "Did you eat?" He even tackles my personal ear-irritant, the incorrect usage of "lie" and "lay." And he does it in a practical and memorable way. This little paperback was originally copyrighted in 1996. It has since gone into its 2nd edition. For very good reason. Even those of us who pride ourselves on our ability to use the English language can learn something from it. It's just as important that if we choose to do it, refining our command of the English language with "Talking Correctly" will be a really fun pursuit. Wit, after all, did not die with Shakespeare or Coward or even with Professor Higgins. Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of "This is the Place"

A long needed companion for Elements of Style.

Mr. Fisher provides underrarm odorant for the spoken word