This is a guide to English usage for readers and writers,
professional and amateur, established and aspiring, formal trainees
and those trying to break in; students of English, both language
and literature, and their teachers. In Quite Literally, Wynford
Hicks answers questions like: What's an alibi, a bete noire, a
celibate, a dilemma? Should underway be two words? Is the word
'meretricious' worth using at all? How do you spell realise - with
an s or a z - and should bete be bete? Should you split
infinitives, end sentences with prepositions, start them with
conjunctions? What about four-letter words, euphemisms, foreign
words, Americanizms, cliches, slang, jargon? And does the Queen
speak the Queen's English? The advice given can be applied to both
formal speech - what is carefully considered, broadcast, presented,
scripted or prepared for delivery to a public audience - and will
even enhance your everyday languange too! Practical and fun,
whether to improve your writing for professional purposes or simply
enjoy exploring the highways and byways of English usage, readers
from all walks of life will find this book both invaluable and
enjoyable.
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