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Sto caricando le informazioni... Clichés: Avoid Them Like the Plague!di Nigel Fountain
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I was not aware of many of these clichés so would not have used them anyway, but the book is quite entertaining to dip into now and then. One that has always irked me is "at the end of the day", and it was quite funny to meet an English man in Switzerland who sprinkled his conversations in French with "en fin de journée", something most puzzling to his entourage. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
At the end of the day, when it comes to getting your head around clichés, everybody seems to be singing from the same hymn sheet. Clichés have become such a familiar part of the English language and people's everyday speech that many are now trite, meaningless and often quite irritating. This book looks at clichés in their many forms - once useful but overworked catch phrases ('move the goal posts'), worn-out sayings ('all hands on deck'), pointless phrases used to conceal a weak argument ('to be perfectly honest'), technical terms used out of context ('collateral damage'), and many others. It shows where they came from and, with examples from people who ought to know better, why they should be avoided. Entertaining and informative, this collection of clichés really is the best thing since sliced bread . . . Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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