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Have you eaten grandma?

Paperback • 2020 • English

Have you eaten grandma?

By Gyles Daubeney Brandreth

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About the book

Pedantic about punctuation or scrupulous about spelling? You'll love this hilarious and definitive guide to 21st century language from grammar-guru Gyles Brandreth. 'Brilliant, clear, entertaining, very funny and often outright silly. Brandreth excels . . . in all his linguistic joie de vivre' Guardian __________ Why, like, does everyone keep saying 'like'? Why do apostrophe's keep turning up in the wrong place? Why do we get confused when using foreign phrases - and vice versa? Is it 'm...Show more

Historical and comparative linguistics
Grammar, syntax and morphology
Palaeography

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ISBN

9781405945080

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published year

2020

Language

English

Original title

Have you eaten grandma?

Format

Paperback

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