Word Court: Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes Against the Language Are Punished, and Poetic Justice Is Done Paperback - 2001
by Barbara Wallraff, Francine Prose
- Used
By the author of "Atlantic Monthly's" highly popular column "Word Court" comes an engaging grammar guide for lovers of language, a national bestseller now in paperback.
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- Title Word Court: Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes Against the Language Are Punished, and Poetic Justice Is Done
- Author Barbara Wallraff, Francine Prose
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2001-08-07
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # WAL-E-4g-001846
- ISBN 9780156011181 / 0156011182
- Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.31 x 1.03 in (20.37 x 13.49 x 2.62 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Usage
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99024678
- Dewey Decimal Code 428
Summary
The "Judge Judy of Grammar" was born when the Atlantic Monthly's Barbara Wallraff began answering grammar questions on America Online. This vibrant exchange became the magazine's bimonthly "Word Court," and eventually the bestselling hardcover book, Word Court.
In Word Court, Wallraff moves beyond her column to tackle common and uncommon items, establishing rules for such issues as turns of phrase, slang, name usage, punctuation, and newly coined vocabulary. With true wit, she deliberates and decides on the right path for lovers of language, ranging from classic questions-Is "a historical" or "an historical" correct?-to awkward issues-How long does someone have to be dead before we should all stop calling her "the late"? Should you use "like" or "as"-and when?
The result is a warmly humorous, reassuring, and brilliantly perceptive tour of how and why we speak the way we do.
