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کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0199315736
(Number (ISBN
9780199315734
Erroneous ISBN
9780199315741
Erroneous ISBN
9780199315758
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
It's been said before :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a guide to the use and abuse of clichés /
First Statement of Responsibility
Orin Hargraves.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 229 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
What is a cliché? -- Clichés that name things -- Adjectival and quantifying clichés -- Adverbial clichés -- Predicate clichés -- Framing devices -- Modifier fatigue -- Clichés in tandem.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Careful writers and speakers agree that clichés are generally to be avoided. However, nearly all of us continue to use them. Why do they persist in our language? In It's Been Said Before, lexicographer Orin Hargraves examines the peculiar idea and power of the cliché. He helps readers understand why certain phrases became clichés and why they should be avoided -- or why they still have life left in them. Indeed, clichés can be useful -- even powerful. And few people even agree on which expressions are clichés and which are not. Many regard any frequent idiom as a cliché, and a phrase regarded as a cliché in one context may be seen simply as an effective expression in another. Examples drawn from data about actual usage support Hargraves' identification of true clichés. They also illuminate his commentary on usage problems and helpful suggestions for eliminating clichés where they serve no useful purpose. Concise and lively, It's Been Said Before serves as a guide to the most overused phrases in the English language -- and to phrases that are used exactly as often as they should be"--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Clichés.
English language-- Usage.
English language, Humor.
English language, Terms and phrases.
Clichés.
English language-- Usage.
English language.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Vocabulary.
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
LAN021000
System Code
bisacsh
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Hargraves, Orin
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20141020124401.0
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rda
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