Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English by Rebecca Gowers

Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English

Rebecca Gowers

224 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy funny informative slow-paced
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Nothing inflames the language gripers like a misplaced disinterested, an illogical irregardless, a hideous operationalisation. To purists these are 'howlers' and 'non-words', fit only for scorn. But in their rush to condemn such terms, are the nay...

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