Join BookitisSave favorites, build lists, and follow creators.

Literally, the Best Language Book Ever

annoying words and abused phrases you should never use again

Bookitis Pick
Cover for Literally, the Best Language Book Ever
LT
Image source: Open Library
Paul YeagerFirst published 20083 editions

By turns gleefully precise and happily contrarian,this is a highly opinionated guide to bettercommunication. In Literally, the Best LanguageBook Ever, author Paul Yeager attacks with alinguistic scalpel the illogical expressions andmisappropriated meanings that are socommonplace and annoying in everydayconversation. Identifying hundreds ofcommon language miscues, Yeager providesan astute look at the world of words and howwe abuse them every day.For the grammar snobs looking for any port ina storm of subpar syntax, or the self-confessedrubes seeking a helping hand, this witty guide cantransform even the least literate into the epitomeof eloquence.

Overview

Shared work-level identity and catalog context.

First publish date 20081 credited authorSearch language english

Bookitis keeps work pages focused on the shared book identity and the editions that actually belong to it. Unrelated books should not appear here as primary content.

Contributors

People credited with this work in the active catalog.

  • Paul Yeager

    Author profile in the active Bookitis catalog

    Open Author

Editions

Publication-specific versions linked to this work only.