| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 270 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xiii) and index. |
| Summary |
Throughout his notable career as a novelist, poet, and literary critic, Kingsley Amis was often concerned - the less understanding might say obsessed - with the use and abuse of English. Do we know what the words we employ really mean? Do we have the right to use them if we don't? Should an "exciting" new program be allowed to "hit" your television screen? Is "disinterest" a word, or is it ignorance? And just when is one allowed to begin a sentence with "and"? The enemies of fine prose may dismiss such issues as tiresome and pedantic, but Kingsley Amis, like all great novelists, depended upon these very questions to separate the truth from the lie, both in literature and in life. |
| Subject |
English language -- Usage.
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English language -- Great Britain -- Usage.
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English language -- Usage.
(OCoLC)fst00911918
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| ISBN |
0312186010 |
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9780312186012 |
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