Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice For The Grammatically Challenged
Lederer, Richard,Dowis, Richard
Language: English
Published by St. Martin's Griffin, 2001
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- Title
- Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice For The Grammatically Challenged
- Author
- Lederer, Richard,Dowis, Richard
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0312263945
- ISBN 13
- 9780312263942
- Illustrator
- McLean, Jim
For years Richard Lederer has entertained fans of the English language with his keen insights, commonsense advice, and witty patter. Now Lederer and Richard Dowis take readers on another journey through our most "wiggy" of languages. How many times have we all heard the word "viable" used in company meetings? The authors show us how "viable" was at one time extracted from medical books, where it is actually defined as "capable of living," and placed into our consumer marketplace. Then there is confusion between "lay" and "lie," which the authors clear up once and for all. These and dozens of delightful examples make this book pure pleasure for language buffs, writers, and teachers.
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About the Author
Richard Dowis is president for the Society of the Preservation of English Language and Literature. He is author of The Lost Art of the Great Speech and, with Richard Lederer, the coauthor of The Write Way. He lives in Waleska, Georgia.
Jim McLean is a freelance artist / illustrator based in Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University with a BA in Fine Art, and he studied advertising art and design at American Academy of Art in Chicago.
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