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A Civil Tongue
A Civil Tongue
Author: Edwin Newman
Chapter titles of "A Civil Tongue" give an idea of Edwin Newman's targets: "A Fatal Slaying of the Very Worst Kind," ''A Real Super Player with Good Compassion," ''Paradigm Lost" and "Myself Will Be Back After This Message." — "A civil tongue ... means to me a language tha...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780446814355
ISBN-10: 0446814350
Publication Date: 11/1977
Pages: 303
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Newman's second book which sets out to save the English language before it is forever slain. Again, written with wit and that gentle deadpan voice that is so familiar to those of us who call Newman our language guru.


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