Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children

by Robert M. Gorrell

Book Overview

Discusses euphemisms, etymology, linguistic change, grammar, rules of correctness, overcorrection, spelling and punctuation, wordplay, and other aspects of the English language. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874172357
• ISBN13: 9780874172355
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A Good Read

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the English language. The writing is amusing and flows well. It is informative and entertaining. If you don't buy it at least check it out at the library.