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Yes, I Could Care Less: How to Be a Language Snob Without Being a Jerk (edition 2013)

by Bill Walsh

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A lighthearted usage guide shares a latest treasury of language pet peeves and common grammatical mistakes.
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Title:Yes, I Could Care Less: How to Be a Language Snob Without Being a Jerk
Authors:Bill Walsh
Info:St. Martin's Griffin (2013), Edition: 0, Paperback, 304 pages
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Yes, I Could Care Less: How to Be a Language Snob Without Being a Jerk by Bill Walsh

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Good fun for language snobs. The author and I are soulmates on most points. He, unfortunately, has given in to using 'lay' where one should say 'lie'. This I cannot do. ( )
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808.042Literature › By Topic › Rhetoric and anthologies › Rhetoric and anthologies › Handbooks for writers › English

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