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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language"--Amazon.com.
This book presents a tour through the American vernacular and the regional differences in speech.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Amglish in, Like, Ten Easy Lessons: A Celebration of the New World Lingo, by Arthur Rowse and with illustrations by John Doherty, describes how Amglish, or American English influenced by online grammar and syntax, has begun to dominate our global language. Featuring an ironic manual on how to use this developing language, Amglish is a light and highly entertaining addition to the recent literature on grammar and punctuation. Illustrated with original...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Bite the bullet", " get on the stick", "make no bones about it", " take the cake". The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms covers almost 10,000 expressions. Its main fare is, of course, idioms - groups of two or more words that together mean something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. In addition, this book discusses verb phrases such as " act up", "freeze out", and " get down", figures of speech such as "dark horse"...
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