9780802717689
Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults
Ambrose Bierce; Jan Freeman
ISBN 13: 9780802717689
Publisher: Walker & Co
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
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An annotated edition of a classic 1909 catalog of correct speech conveys the author's whimsical contempt for vernacular language while listing 300 expressions he most reviled, in a modern edition in which a
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Book Description: Bloomsbury Publishing USA, United States, 2009. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 197 x 128 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. One of America's foremost language experts presents an annotated edition of A mbrose Bierce's classic catalog of correct speech. Ambrose Bierce is best known for "The Devil's Dictionary," but the prolific journalist, satirist, and fabulist was also a usage maven. In 1909, he published several hundred of his pet peeves in "Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults."Bierce's list includes some distinctions still familiar today--the "which-that" rule, "less" vs. "fewer," "lie" and "lay -- "but it also abounds in now-forgotten shibboleths: "Ovation," the critics of his time agreed, meant a Roman triumph, not a round of applause. "Reliable" was an ill-formed coinage, not for the discriminating. "Donate" was pretentious, "jeopardize" should be "jeopard," "demean" meant "comport oneself," not "belittle." And Bierce made up a few peeves of his own for good measure. We should say "a coating of paint," he instructed, not "a coat." To mark the 100th anniversary of "Write It Right," language columnist Jan Freeman has investigated where Bierce's rules and taboos originated, how they've fared in the century since the blacklist, and what lies ahead. Will our language quibbles seem as odd in 2109 as Bierce's do today? From the evidence offered here, it looks like a very good bet. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780802717689 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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