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One Day in the Life of the English Language: A Microcosmic Usage Handbook
Frank L. Cioffi
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Description for One Day in the Life of the English Language: A Microcosmic Usage Handbook
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG; CBV; CJCW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
Generations of student writers have been subjected to usage handbooks that proclaim, "This is the correct form. Learn it"--books that lay out a grammar, but don't inspire students to use it. By contrast, this antihandbook handbook, presenting some three hundred sentences drawn from the printed works of a single, typical day in the life of the language--December 29, 2008--tries to persuade readers that good grammar and usage matter. Using real-world sentences rather than invented ones, One Day in the Life of the English Language gives students the motivation to apply grammatical principles correctly and efficiently. Frank Cioffi argues that ... Read more
Generations of student writers have been subjected to usage handbooks that proclaim, "This is the correct form. Learn it"--books that lay out a grammar, but don't inspire students to use it. By contrast, this antihandbook handbook, presenting some three hundred sentences drawn from the printed works of a single, typical day in the life of the language--December 29, 2008--tries to persuade readers that good grammar and usage matter. Using real-world sentences rather than invented ones, One Day in the Life of the English Language gives students the motivation to apply grammatical principles correctly and efficiently. Frank Cioffi argues that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691165073
SKU
V9780691165073
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About Frank L. Cioffi
Frank L. Cioffi is professor of English at Baruch College, City University of New York, and has taught writing at Princeton and Indiana universities and at Bard and Scripps colleges. He is the author of The Imaginative Argument: A Practical Manifesto for Writers (Princeton), among other books.
Reviews for One Day in the Life of the English Language: A Microcosmic Usage Handbook
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 "This little volume has several things going for it: it's compact, bound in the style of an industrial manual, so it can take a lot of punishment."
Mary Norris, Times Literary Supplement "Cioffi effectively employs a fast-paced narrative style that readers will find entertaining and insightful."
Teaching Matters Monthly "The work is accessible, fun ... Read more
Mary Norris, Times Literary Supplement "Cioffi effectively employs a fast-paced narrative style that readers will find entertaining and insightful."
Teaching Matters Monthly "The work is accessible, fun ... Read more