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  • av Eric Partridge
    364,-

    Which is preferred - nom de plume, pseudonym, or pen name? What are neologisms, disguised conjunctions, and fused participles? Language enters into almost every part of human life and yet it is all too often misused: directness and clarity disappear in a whirl of clichés, euphemisms, and wooliness of expression.Janet Whitcut has revised Eric Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. She has also added a section to the book entitled "Vogue Words," which includes words that have acquired a new power and influence.

  • - British and American
    av Eric Partridge
    1 078,-

  • av Eric Partridge
    384,-

  • av Eric Partridge
    142,-

    For ANYONE WHO IMAGINES THEMSELVES FLYING A SPITFIRE.Drop your visiting cards, put aside your beer-lever, stop being a half-pint hero and discover the gloriously funny slang which was part of everyday life in two world wars.Passion-killers: Airwomen''s service knickers, whether twilights (the lighter, summer-weight variety) or black-outs (the navy-blue winter-weights). A wise directive has purposely made them as unromantic in colour and in design as a wise directive could imagine.Thanks to the work of Eric Partridge in 1945, the hilarious slang of the Royal Air Force during the first two World Wars has been preserved for generations to come. While some phrases like ''chocks away!'' have lasted to this day, others deserve to be rediscovered...Beer-lever: From pub-bars, meaning the ''Joystick'' of an aircraft. Canteen cowboy: A ladies'' man.Half-pint hero: A boaster. One who exemplifies the virtue of Dutch courage without having the trouble of going into action.Tin fish: A torpedo.Umbrella man: A parachutist.Visiting-card: A bomb.Wheels down: Get ready - especially to leave a bus, tram, train. From lowering the wheels, preparatory to landing.Whistled: In a state of intoxication wherein one tends to whistle cheerfully and perhaps discordantly.The Dictionary of RAF Slang is a funny and fascinating insight into the lives of our RAF heroes, in a time gone by.

  • av Eric Partridge
    687 - 2 008,-

  • - A Glossary
    av Eric Partridge
    668 - 2 008,-

  • - Passages Judiciously Selected with an Introduction on the Art of Pre cis
    av Eric Partridge
    687 - 2 008,-

  • - With Especial Attention to War-Time Abbreviations
    av Eric Partridge
    741 - 1 663,-

  • - To-Day and Yesterday
    av Eric Partridge
    687 - 2 709,-

  • - British and American
    av Eric Partridge
    998 - 4 814,-

  • - An Introduction to Language in General and to English and American in Particular
    av Eric Partridge
    687 - 2 423,-

  • - Their Origin, Development, Nature
    av Eric Partridge
    668 - 1 517,-

  • av Eric Partridge
    557 - 2 924,-

    Drawn from the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, with the emphasis on the expressions used or coined before 1914.

  • av Eric Partridge
    243,-

    A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.

  • av Eric Partridge
    472 - 1 728,-

  • - A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
    av Eric Partridge
    1 117 - 2 438,-

    Describes the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connections between words derived by a variety of routes from originally common stock. This book includes lists of prefixes, suffixes, and elements used in the creation of new vocabulary.

  • - A Guide to Good English
    av Eric Partridge
    243,-

    Usage and Abusage takes a long, hard look at the use - and constant misuse - of English. Declaring war on bad grammar, woolliness of expression and poor choice of vocabulary, this essential guide sets out both to highlight problems and pitfalls and to offer constructive advice on the proper use of English.

  • av Eric Partridge
    549 - 1 755,-

  • av Eric Partridge
    224 - 1 325,-

    Here Partridge combined a detailed knowledge of Shakespeare and Elizabethan slang/innuendo to create 'a literary and psychological essay and a comprehensive glossary' of this long-avoided aspect of Shakespeare criticism.

  • - A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies
    av Eric Partridge
    549 - 1 728,-

    This standard work on punctuation has long been judged the foremost study of the subject. It reveals punctuation to be both an indispensable craft and an invaluable art - a friend not an enemy.

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