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Literally, the best language book ever :

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Literally, the best language book ever :

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annoying words and abused phrases you should never use again /

Paul Yeager.

1st ed.

New York :

Penguin Group,

©2008.

xiv, 194 pages ;

19 cm

Includes index.

Wrong answer; please try again : Grammar errors -- Play it again, Sam : Errors of redundancy and repetition -- Verbification : Nouns being incorrectly used as verbs -- Abused and misused : Contrived words and words used incorrectly -- That makes no sense, Captain Kirk : Illogical words and phrases -- It's all bad, believe me : Excessively trendy words and expressions -- What a way to make a living : Ineffective workplace words and expressions -- You thought you were clever, but : Phrases that may have been witty the first time they were used -- That's not what I meant : Inarticulate language -- Insincerity is the highest form of flattery : Insincere or dismissive phrases -- Older than dirt : Common clichés and irrelevant phrases -- Stop playing games : Ineffective sports terminology -- Write your own book : My personal language pet peeve.

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