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Christopher Ricks, 6 June 1985
The English Language Today
edited by Sidney Greenbaum.
Pergamon, 345 pp., £12.50, December 1984,0 08 031078 8 Show More
edited by Sidney Greenbaum.
Pergamon, 345 pp., £12.50, December 1984,
The English Language
by Robert Burchfield.
Oxford, 194 pp., £9.50, January 1985,9780192191731 Show More
by Robert Burchfield.
Oxford, 194 pp., £9.50, January 1985,
A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language
by Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech and Jan Svartvik.
Longman, 1779 pp., £39.50, May 1985,0 582 51734 6 Show More
by Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech and Jan Svartvik.
Longman, 1779 pp., £39.50, May 1985,
Faux Amis and Key Words: A Dictionary-Guide to French Language, Culture and Society through Lookalikes and Confusables
by Philip Thody, Howard Evans and Gwilym Rees.
Athlone, 224 pp., £16, February 1985,0 485 11243 4 Show More
by Philip Thody, Howard Evans and Gwilym Rees.
Athlone, 224 pp., £16, February 1985,
Fair of Speech: The Uses of Euphemism
edited by D.J. Enright.
Oxford, 222 pp., £9.95, April 1985,0 19 212236 3 Show More
edited by D.J. Enright.
Oxford, 222 pp., £9.95, April 1985,
“... Trust a Director of Freshman Rhetoric to say that ‘the study of language is inherently interesting.’ He would, wouldn’t he? He trusts so. This big batch of language-books brings out that the most interesting argument going is, yes, the feud between conservatives and radicals about correctness and usage. The only snag is that this is also the most boring argument going, since it is not going anywhere ... ”
