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Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins: The Careful Writer's Guide to the Taboos, Bugbears, and Outmoded Rules of English Usage
Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins The Careful Writer's Guide to the Taboos Bugbears and Outmoded Rules of English Usage
Author: Theodore Menline Bernstein
The old adage, rules are made to be broken has never been as well defended as in MISS THISTLEBOTTOM'S HOBGOBLINS. Throughout the book, Bernstein asserts that we have been indoctrinated with English usage rules that lack flexibility and evoke fear, confusion and frustration in writers. There are times when splitting an infinitive or ending a sent...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374210434
ISBN-10: 0374210438
Pages: 260
Edition: 1st.
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
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