Download or read book The Queen s English Ain t What It Used to Be written by Paul Lindsay and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-08-16 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you concerned about splitting infinitives or unsure whether to use ‘to who’ or ‘to whom’ in your correspondence? Look no further, as this user-friendly guide to English grammar is here to help you navigate the intricacies of our rich and wonderful language. This book is designed to increase your knowledge and understanding of English, providing you with the tools to communicate effectively and confidently. While the language is constantly evolving, some advocates of ‘The Queen’s English’ resist change, attempting to fix English in a particular form. However, this book embraces the dynamic nature of the language and guides you through its ever-changing landscape. In addition to covering essential grammar rules, the book also includes a section dedicated to slang and jargon, helping you distinguish between what is considered good or bad English in various contexts. Whether you’re a student, professional, or simply someone who appreciates the beauty and complexity of the English language, this book is an invaluable resource that will enhance your linguistic skills and empower you to use English with greater clarity and confidence.
Download or read book The Queen s English written by Henry Alford and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Queens English written by Chloe O. Davis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This young readers adaptation of The Queens’ English is a nonfiction illustrated reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community’s contributions to the English language. This playful, richly illustrated visual dictionary is the perfect book for anyone who has ever wondered about the origin of phrases like “boi,” “drag,” or “demisexual,” the history of the word “queer,” and the wonderfully diverse, wide-ranging histories that have contributed to LGBTQIA+ culture and vocabulary. Drawing from traditions as divergent as the ancient poet Sappho to the underground ball scene of the 1980s, from the Stonewall Riots to RuPaul’s Drag Race, this glossary is a colorful compendium—and a celebration of every king, queen, butch, femme, trans, folx, and enby who has shaped the history, identity, and limitless imagination of queerness.
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Download or read book A Plea for the Queen s English written by Henry Alford and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Alford's A Plea for the Queen's English of 1864 (titled The Queen's English in later editions) was one of the earliest and most influential style manuals. It was not a comprehensive grammar, but instead moved through the language addressing topics Alford knew many people found difficult. Much of the content comprises his personal views on usage and abusage. Alford's manual shows little has changed since the 19th century. Section 26 looks at the incorrect insertion of the possessive apostrophe in plurals (Railway Station's for Railway Stations). The phenomenon is often referred to as the 'greengrocer's apostrophe' because of its frequency on market stall labels: potato's and carrot's, rather than the correct potatoes and carrots.
Download or read book A True History of the Robson Mistake written by and published by Michael Grady. This book was released on with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educational Notes and Queries written by William Downs Henkle and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Queen s English written by Bernard C. Lamb and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the President of the Queen's English Society and covering all of the basics, this clear and practical guide will teach anyone how to write and use English correctly.
Download or read book We Are Spirit written by Grayce Dian Comerford and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Are Spirit is a work of spiritual insight based on conversations between Ken Comerford and his departed wife, Grayce Dian, who began communicating with him telepathically shortly after she passed away in 2012: "Ken stepped outside of his apartment and glanced up at the stars overhead on a clear Colorado evening. He spoke to Dian about this date being their fifty-fifth anniversary and told her how much he still loved her and how terribly he missed her. Although he had sensed her presence many times since her passing, he was surprised when Dian spoke back to him." Dian's revelations form the inspiration for this wide-ranging philosophical work that discusses why we are here on earth and what lies ahead for each of us in the many lives that we are to share and experience together in the future.
Download or read book The Future Ain t Gonna Be the Way It Use To Be written by Harry Hone and published by . This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book There Ain t No Black in the Union Jack written by Paul Gilroy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gilroy demonstrates the enormous complexity of racial politics in England today. Exploring the relationships among race, class, and nation as they have evolved over the past twenty years, he highlights racist attitudes that transcend the left-right political divide. He challenges current sociological approaches to racism as well as the ethnocentric bias of British cultural studies. "Gilroy demonstrates effectively that cultural traditions are not static, but develop, grow and indeed mutate, as they influence and are influenced by the other changing traditions around them."—David Edgar, Listener Review of Books. "A fascinating analysis of the discourses that have accompanied black settlement in Britain. . . . An important addition to the stock of critical works on race and culture."—David Okuefuna, Chicago Tribune
Download or read book Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English written by Michael B. Montgomery and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 3218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English is a revised and expanded edition of the Weatherford Award–winning Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, published in 2005 and known in Appalachian studies circles as the most comprehensive reference work dedicated to Appalachian vernacular and linguistic practice. Editors Michael B. Montgomery and Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller document the variety of English used in parts of eight states, ranging from West Virginia to Georgia—an expansion of the first edition's geography, which was limited primarily to North Carolina and Tennessee—and include over 10,000 entries drawn from over 2,200 sources. The entries include approximately 35,000 citations to provide the reader with historical context, meaning, and usage. Around 1,600 of those examples are from letters written by Civil War soldiers and their family members, and another 4,000 are taken from regional oral history recordings. Decades in the making, the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English surpasses the original by thousands of entries. There is no work of this magnitude available that so completely illustrates the rich language of the Smoky Mountains and Southern Appalachia.
Download or read book Language Matters written by Laurie Bauer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a non-technical introduction to the study of language by focusing on questions such as: - Where does language come from? - Why don't we all talk the same? - Who needs grammar? Suitable for students with no experience of linguistics, this lively introduction to language approaches will encourage students to think.
Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English A I written by Eric Partridge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entry includes attestations of the head word's or phrase's usage, usually in the form of a quotation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Download or read book The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers written by Mustapha Matura and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers provides an essential anthology of six of the key plays that have shaped the trajectory of British black theatre from the late-1970s to the present day. In doing so it charts the journey from specialist black theatre companies to the mainstream, including West End success, while providing a cultural and racial barometer for Britain during the last forty years. It opens with Mustapha Matura's 1979 play Welcome Home Jacko which in its depiction of a group of young unemployed West Indians was one of the first to explore issues of youth culture, identity and racial and cultural identification. Jackie Kay's Chiaroscuro examines debates about the politics of black, mixed race and lesbian identities in 1980s Britain, and from the 1990s Winsome Pinnock's Talking in Tongues engages with the politics of feminism to explore issues of black women's identity in Britian and Jamaica. From the first decade of the twenty-first century the three plays include Roy Williams' seminal pub-drama Sing Yer Hearts Out for the Lads, exploring racism and identity against the backdrop of the World Cup; Kwame Kwei-Armah's National Theatre play of 2004, Fix Up, about black cultural history and progress in modern Britain, and finally Bola Agbage's terrific 2007 debut, Gone Too Far!, which examines questions of identity and tensions between Africans and Caribbeans living in Britain. Edited by Lynnette Goddard, this important anthology provides an essential introduction to the last forty years of British black theatre.
Download or read book If You Ain t Having Fun You Ain t Doing It Right written by Sandra Rojo and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite countless books, articles, and seminars on the topic and related subject matter, many people these days continue to struggle in an attempt to live successful, rewarding, and fulfilling lives. Many of the works that have been published on the topic of purposeful living involve complex research and explanations that are hard for most people to understand and relate to or just do not resonate with the reader. Regardless of how hard we try to make it, the simple fact is, most of the challenges and obstacles we encounter in living purposeful and joyful lives are a direct result of limiting beliefs. Sandra and Stan have written a short, simple, and easy-to-read book that addresses some of the most salient impediments to living rewarding and fulfilling lives and provides concise and easy-to-apply methods for quickly overcoming many major impediments to living authentically and tips for significantly improving one's ability to move beyond striving to thriving! The title to their book provides a simple yet profound message: "If you ain't having fun, you ain't doing it right! And if you aren't doing it right, you're likely not having much fun!" Learn how limiting beliefs and emotions lead to chronic problems both physical and nonphysical. Discover major impediments to success and how to overcome them. Gain valuable tips on how to quickly eliminate or mitigate many problems contributing to lack of success and joy in your life Start living a more rewarding and fulfilling life now! Instagram: @journey.to.authentic.living YouTube: Journey to Authentic Living- Sandra Rojo Facebook: Journey to Authentic Living Website: www.journeytoauthenticliving.com
