Lost For Words - Hardcover

Humphrys, John

 
9780340836583: Lost For Words
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 034083658X ISBN 13: 9780340836583
Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

From empty cliche to meaningless jargon, dangling participle to sentences without verbs, the English language is reeling. It is under attack from all sides. Politicians dupe us with deliberately evasive language. Bosses worry about impacting the bottom line while they think out of the box. Academics talk obscure mumbo jumbo. Journalists and broadcasters, who should know better, lazily collaborate. John Humphrys exposes the depths to which our beautiful language has sunk and offers many examples of the most common atrocities. He also dispenses some sensible guidance on how to use simple, clear and honest language. He knows he may be hanged on his own gallows, but is prepared to take the risk in support of his beloved Campaign for Real English.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Humphrys has reported from all over the world for the BBC and presented its frontline news programmes on both radio and television, in a broadcasting career spanning forty years. He has won a string of national awards and been described as a 'national treasure'. He owned a dairy farm for ten years and has homes in Greece and London.

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Verlag
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
034083658X
ISBN 13 
9780340836583
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
352
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