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	• Literally, the Best Language Book Ever: Annoying Words and Abused Phrases You Should Never Use Again Paul Yeager Perigee Trade, 2008 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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Cool!

This book is cool! Yup, I'm guilty as hell in abusing the English language; but Mr. Yeager at least makes me think twice when speaking or writing. Don't take the book too seriously. As Yeager notes he too is guilty of misuse. What he is saying is we should all simply make more of an effort to choose a better word rather than take the easy way out.
I'm in the communications business and the one phrase we seem to use often is "no one here is communicating".
"Literally The Best Language Book Ever" should be on everyone's desk.

Unexpected and Thought-provoking

This isn't the typical grammar or language book, which is probably one of the nicest things about it. I liked that instead of dealing with the same grammar errors that every other book deals with (although he does have several chapters on straight grammar errors), the author shines a light on expressions that most of us use every day without thinking.

Some of the entries are the writer's opinion, but so are a lot of the so-called grammar "errors" that I've seen in other books, and some of the entries ARE strict grammar errors that people who really know grammar would agree on. I'm surprised to see some reviewers pick on individual entries from the book; with over 350 entries, who's going to agree with ALL of them! Come on people! The author has a good sense of humor and uses it to get his points across. At least he did for me.

Just read it and enjoy it. It's a funny book. As the author says, he's not trying to be a language dictator; he's just trying to get people to think before speaking.

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A wry and engaging look at trite, trendy, grammatically incorrect, inane, outdated, and lazy uses of words, phrases, and expressions.

By turns gleefully precise and happily contrarian, this is a highly opinionated guide to better communication. In Literally, the Best Language Book Ever, author Paul Yeager attacks with a linguistic scalpel the illogical expressions and misappropriated meanings that are so commonplace and annoying in everyday conversation. Identifying hundreds of common language miscues, Yeager provides an astute look at the world of words and how we abuse them every day.

For the grammar snobs looking for any port in a storm of subpar syntax, or the self-confessed rubes seeking a helping hand, this witty guide can transform even the least literate into the epitome of eloquence.

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