Literally, the Best Language Book Ever: Annoying Words and Abused Phrases You Should Never Use Again

Literally, the Best Language Book Ever: Annoying Words and Abused Phrases You Should Never Use Again

Paul Yeager
$24.00
Publication Date: May 6th, 2008
Publisher:
TarcherPerigee
ISBN:
9780399534232
Pages:
208

Description

By turns gleefully precise and happily contrarian, this is a highly opinionated guide to better communication. In Literally, the Best Language Book Ever, author Paul Yeager attacks with a linguistic scalpel the illogical expressions and misappropriated meanings that are so commonplace and annoying. Identifying hundreds of common language miscues, Yeager provides an astute look at the world of words and how we abuse them every day.

For the grammar snobs looking for any port in a storm of subpar syntax, or the self-confessed rubes seeking a helping hand, this witty guide can transform even the least literate into the epitome of eloquence.

About the Author

Paul Yeager is the managing editor of Accuweather.com and a freelance writer. As a child, he was annoyed when reading, writing, and arithmetic were referred to as the “Three R’s,” and he hasn’t changed a bit over the years. He lives in Altoona, PA.