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Routledge Revivals: English Usage (1986)
A Guide to First Principles
Routledge Revivals: Language, Education and Society Series
Author: Nash Walter
Language: EnglishSubject for Routledge Revivals: English Usage (1986):
Keywords
Vice Versa; Participle Clause; SVO; SVA; Verbless Clauses; Deep Purple; Young Men; Usage Trap; Tv News Broadcast; Father’s Books; Empty Beer Cans; Concrete Words; Detachable Legs; Non-finite Clauses; Infinitive Clauses; Triple Dot; SV Group; Ball Peen Hammer; Noun Phrase; Opera Cloak; King’s English; Dangling Participle; Simple Sentences; Cleft Sentence; Tv News
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First published in 1986, this book examines the changing patterns in English usage and style. It encourages a constructive attitude to language, demonstrating the creative resources of grammar, discussing in detail the options of written style, and challenging the authoritarian spirit that inhibits usage. The central chapters are concerned with written usage, and pay close attention to questions of syntax and punctuation. The sense of writing, however, is always related to speech, and the value of usage as a social act is emphasised in the exploration of style as an individual function. Technical terms are explained and the text is illustrated with examples from literature and journalism.
General editor’s preface; Preface; 1 The usage trap 2 A little grammar: Styles of sentences 3 Prescriptions 4 Options 5 Punctuations 6 Authorities: Under which king?; Bibliography; Index
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